Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
LandSpace
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
SSO
Mission type
Earth Science
Launch site
China
Date
Sat, 27 Oct 2018 08:00:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#5790 ever
Failure
Attitude control failed after third stage ignition.
Mission
The satellite is operated by China Central Television (CCTV) and is intended to carry out scientific expermients and perform Earth observation. Weilai-1 is expected to operate in sun-synchronous orbit for two years.