Mission record

Ceres-1 | Jilin-1 High Resolution 04B

Ceres-1· Launch Area 95A· Failure
Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Galactic Energy
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
SSO
Mission type
Earth Science
Launch site
China
Date
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 04:59:10 GMT
Orbital launch #
#6523 ever
Failure

Vehicle lost attitude control at T+67.5 s after suffering 1st stage motor nozzle expansion burn-through. Failure was traced to improper drilling of screw holes that caused damage in the inner carbon fiber layers.

Mission

New high resolution Earth observation satellite for the Jilin-1 commercial Earth observation satellites constellation.

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