CAS Pathfinder-1
Long March 2D, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Launch time
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Wed 11 Nov, 12:41 CET
11:41 UTC
The rocket put its payload into the planned orbit.
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Launch record updated by LL2
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CAS Pathfinder-1 on Long March 2D. Wed 11 Nov 2026, 11:41 UTC. Reported outcome: Success. Launch site: Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603). Source: Launch Library 2.
The Chinese Academy of Science (CAS)' Pathfinder-1 satellites is built for in-orbit validation of critical technologies for the upcoming main missions of CAS' "Origins” Space Science Program, which consists of 4 upcoming astronomical observatory missions to be launched by 2030: * Discovering the Sky at the Longest wavelength (DSL * Solar Polar Orbit Observatory (SPO) * Earth 2.0 (ET) * Enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry (eXTP)
- Mission type
- Technology
- Orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Launch context
Generated from source records
CAS Pathfinder-1: Long March 2D, operated by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Pad: Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China. Mission type: Technology; target orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit. Recorded timing: Wed 11 Nov 2026, 11:41 UTC. The source reports a successful launch. Provider: 123 orbital attempts in our records since 6 Jan 2025, including 54 in 2026 (UTC). Vehicle: 13/13 resolved orbital outcomes succeeded (100%) in our records since 17 Jan 2025. Pad: 21 orbital attempts in our records since 17 Jan 2025.
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What these records cover
Partial coverage of stored records, not lifetime or worldwide totals. Counts use known orbital attempts with a source date at or before this snapshot and a status confirming liftoff or an outcome. Scheduled, upstream-missing, suborbital and unknown-orbit records are excluded. Source dates are NET estimates, not verified actual liftoff times.
The vehicle percentage is Success / (Success + Failure + Partial Failure). In Flight and Payload Deployed count as attempts but are excluded from that denominator. Figures describe the stored record at this snapshot, not the vehicle's flight number or a prediction of this launch's outcome.
Launch Library 2 record checked . Recorded timing does not establish actual liftoff; plans can change.
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Slip history
Changes recorded by Space Right Now
Tracking since . 3 recorded changes.
- Recorded change
Status changed from Go to Success
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Date became more certain: from Hour to Minute
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NET moved from Wed 11 Nov, around 11:40 UTC to Wed 11 Nov, 11:41 UTC
Source updates from Launch Library 2 (2)
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Launch success.
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Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities extremely uncertain.
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Launch pad
Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603)
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China (CN)
Coordinates: 40.960482, 100.298059
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