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Ceres-1S | Tianqi 16-18 & 20

Name: Ceres-1S | Tianqi 16-18 & 20
Start: 2025-05-19T07:29:00.000Z
End: 2025-05-19T07:57:00.000Z
Location: Rizhao offshore launch location

Galactic Energy • Ceres-1S • Rizhao offshore launch location (NA)

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Tianqi 16-18 & 20

Galactic Energy • Ceres-1S • Rizhao offshore launch location

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4 small satellites for LEO Internet of Things (IoT) communication purposes.

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Ceres-1S

License: Unknown•Single-use

Variant: Ceres-1S

Reusable: No

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SpaceNewsMay 20, 2025

China launches classified comms satellite, conducts commercial sea launch

China has continued an uptick in launch activity with a Long March 7A mission to geosynchronous orbit and sea launch of a Ceres-1 solid rocket. The post Chi...

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Launch info

Provider

Galactic Energy

Vehicle

Ceres-1S

Pad

Rizhao offshore launch location (Rizhao offshore launch location)

State

NET

2025-05-19T07:38:00+00:00

Window start

2025-05-19T07:29:00+00:00

Window end

2025-05-19T07:57:00+00:00

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Mission type

Communications

Launch site

Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

Reusable

LEO capacity (kg)

350

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Rizhao offshore launch location

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Haiyang Oriental Spaceport35.39167, 119.59867Provider map

Tianqi 16-18 & 20

4 small satellites for LEO Internet of Things (IoT) communication purposes.

Rocket

Ceres-1S

Manufacturer: Galactic Energy

Ceres-1S is the sea launched version of Ceres-1 from Galactic Energy.

Maiden flight

2023-09-05

Vehicle info

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Galactic Energy

Provider news

Commercial • CHN

Galactic Energy is a private aerospace company headquartered in Beijing, China. Established by senior engineers in 2018, Galactic Energy engages in low-cost commercial space launch business.

Objects from this launch

4 objects

SATCAT inventory for 2025-105

Last checked: 2026-04-08T00:11:00.746+00:00

Last success: 2026-04-08T00:11:00.746+00:00

Last non-empty: 2026-04-08T00:11:00.746+00:00

Latest snapshot: 2026-04-08T00:11:00.746+00:00

Snapshot hash: 4cbc544e7d8910ce50e824dc37596e49269301284eb0ecda927b29225aa30bbb

LL2 payloads: 0SATCAT payloads: 4Delta: +4RB: 0DEB: 0UNK: 0

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SATCAT payload objects

TIANQI-16
2025-105ANORAD 64058PAYPeople's Republic of China (PRC)Ops: +
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Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: YSLAPeriod: 102.92 min
Inc: 45.0°
889 km → 905 km
TIANQI-17
2025-105BNORAD 64059PAYPeople's Republic of China (PRC)Ops: +
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Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: YSLAPeriod: 102.92 min
Inc: 45.0°
889 km → 905 km
TIANQI-18
2025-105CNORAD 64060PAYPeople's Republic of China (PRC)Ops: +
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: YSLAPeriod: 102.92 min
Inc: 45.0°
889 km → 905 km
TIANQI-20
2025-105DNORAD 64061PAYPeople's Republic of China (PRC)Ops: +
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: YSLAPeriod: 102.92 min
Inc: 45.0°
890 km → 904 km

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Provider legacy

Galactic Energy

Lifetime launches

4 in 2026

Galactic Energy has 20 launches on record, with 4 in 2026.

Rocket track record

Ceres-1S

Successful missions

1 in 2026

Ceres-1S has 6 successful missions on record, with 1 in 2026.

Pad history

Rizhao offshore launch location

Pad launches

1 in 2026

Rizhao offshore launch location has 3 launches from this pad on record, with 1 in 2026.

Rocket reliability

100% all time

2026: 100% (1/1)

Pad turnaround

150d 21h

Reported pad reuse cadence.

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