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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is Kinetica 2 | SpaceSail Polar Group TBD?. It is scheduled to be launched by CAS Space from Launch Area 140, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China at 2026-11-03 00:05:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 1 out of 300 launches from this location. The launch status is currently Go 🟩 . The mission type is Communications and the payload will be injected into a Polar Orbit (PO).

Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies with funding backed by the Shanghai local government.

Initial constellation will consist of 1296 satellites by 2027 with long term plans to expand it to 12000 satellites.

• [2026-11-03 00:05:00 UTC] 🟩 Kinetica 2 | SpaceSail Polar Group TBD? from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-11-04 01:28:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-432 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-11-04 05:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Mir | Demo Flight from Sea Launch.
• [2026-11-05 15:52:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 2C | Unknown Payload from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-11-05 21:10:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 12 | SatNet LEO Group TBD? from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-11-06 23:28:00 UTC] 🟩 Ceres-2 | Unknown Payload from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-11-09 03:17:00 UTC] 🟨 Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-xxx ("R-5") from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-11-13 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo (LV-01) from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-11-14 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Electron | The Mountain God Rises (iQPS Launch 10) from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.
• [2026-11-20 11:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Long March 8A | SatNet LEO Group TBD? from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.

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