Kuaizhou, family of orbital launch vehicles, China

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Kuaizhou-1A launches Tianmu-1 11-14

Dec 25, 2023

A Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) launch vehicle launched four Tianmu-1 meteorological satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu Province, China, on 25 December 2023, at 01:00 UTC (09:00 local time). According to official sources, the Tianmu-1 11, 12, 13 and 14 satellites (天目一号星座11星、12星、13星、14星) have entered the planned orbits and “will be mainly used to provide commercial meteorological data services”.

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Kuaizhou-1A launches Tianmu-1 19-22

Dec 27, 2023

A Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) launch vehicle launched four Tianmu-1 meteorological satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China, on 27 December 2023, at 06:50 UTC (14:50 local time). According to official sources, the Tianmu-1 19, 20, 21 and 22 satellites [天目一号星座19星 (西永微电园3号), 20星 (贵安01星), 21星 (贵安02星), 22星] have entered the planned orbits and “will be mainly used to provide commercial meteorological data services”.

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Kuaizhou-1A launches Tianmu-1 15-18

Jan 5, 2024

A Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) launch vehicle launched four Tianmu-1 meteorological satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China, on 5 January 2024, at 11:20 UTC (19:20 local time). According to official sources, the Tianmu-1 15, 16, 17 and 18 satellites [天目一号星座15星、16星、17星、18星] have entered the planned orbits and “will be mainly used to provide commercial meteorological data services”.

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Kuaizhou-1A launches Tianxing-1-02

Jan 11, 2024

A Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) launch vehicle launched the Tianxing-1 test satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China, on 11 January 2024, at 03:52 UTC (11:52 local time). According to official sources, the Tianxing-1-02 satellite (天行一号02星) has successfully entered the predetermined orbit and will be “mainly used for experiments such as space environment detection”.