SpaceSail Polar Group #16

Name: SpaceSail Polar Group #16
Start: 2026-09-15T22:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-09-15T22:11:00.000Z
Location: Yellow Sea (launch location 5)

Gravity-1, Orienspace Technology

Yellow Sea (launch location 5), Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

Launch time

T-0

Wed 16 Sept, 00:00 CEST

Tue 15 Sept, 22:00 UTC

Minute precision Launch successful

The rocket put its payload into the planned orbit.

Window opens: Tue 15 Sept, 23:50 CEST
Window closes: Wed 16 Sept, 00:11 CEST

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Source updated Sun 27 Sept, 20:39 CEST

Updated 11 Oct, 00:22 CEST

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Slip history

No changes since we started tracking on Sat 10 Oct 2026, 10:32 UTC.

Tue 15 Sept 2026, 22:41 UTCLL2 update
Launch success.
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Wed 9 Sept 2026, 12:14 UTCLL2 update
Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities highly uncertain.
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Mission

SpaceSail Polar Group #16 on Gravity-1 from Yellow Sea (launch location 5). Launch time, status and recorded date changes from Launch Library 2.

9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies with funding backed by the Shanghai local government. Initial constellation will consist of 1296 satellites by 2027 with long term plans to expand it to 12000 satellites.

Mission type: Communications
Orbit: Polar Orbit

Mission patches

Gravity-1 | SpaceSail Polar Group #16

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Launch timeline

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Launch pad

Yellow Sea (launch location 5)

Haiyang Oriental Spaceport (CN)

Coordinates: 31.2, 123.7

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