CERES-1 is a 4-stage launch vehicel independently designed by Galactic Energy, Solid engine are used in the first, second and third stages, advanced liquid upper stage as the fourth stage , the rocket diameter is 1.4 m, total length is 19m, lift-off weight 30 t, LEO orbital capacity 350 kg, 700 km SSO ,orbit capacity 230 kg, which is committed to provide high-quality, cheap and fast launch services for low-orbit small satellites.
http://www.galactic-energy.cn/index.php/En/List/cid/1QuoteCERES-1 is a 4-stage launch vehicel independently designed by Galactic Energy, Solid engine are used in the first, second and third stages, advanced liquid upper stage as the fourth stage , the rocket diameter is 1.4 m, total length is 19m, lift-off weight 30 t, LEO orbital capacity 350 kg, 700 km SSO ,orbit capacity 230 kg, which is committed to provide high-quality, cheap and fast launch services for low-orbit small satellites.
As of December 2019, this was expected to launch in March 2020:https://spacenews.com/chinese-launch-firm-galactic-energy-raises-21-5-million/Galactic Energy is located in Beijing, so they should not have seen much impact by the virus.
Planned for June 2020https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/space-flight/galactic-energy-prepares-ceres1-rocket-first-launch
Planned launches in SeptemberSeptember, Long March 11 Sea Launch, Jilin 1 High Score 03 series nine satellites of Changguang Satellite CompanySeptember Ceres 1 solid rocket Jiuquan (review completed on July 3, 2019 [2020?], and confirmed the first flight time)September Kuaizhou-1A Jiuquan Changguang Satellite Jilin-1 High Score 02CSeptember Kuaizhou-1A Jiuquan Changguang Satellite Jilin-1 High Score 02DSeptember Kuaizhou-1A Jiuquan Changguang Satellite Jilin-1 High Score 02FLate September Long March No. 4B Taiyuan Ocean No. 3 Star (HY-2C)(automatic translation)*High Score = Gaofenhttp://www.spaceflightfans.cn/china-launch-schedule
Launch to take place on September 25.
Looks like Ceres-1 has slipped to mid-October.
https://weibo.com/5616492130/JsO4utP9T
Is Scorpio 1 another name for the payload? What does ASES 014 mean?
Quote from: otter on 11/07/2020 07:03 amhttps://weibo.com/5616492130/JsO4utP9TIs Scorpio 1 another name for the payload? What does ASES 014 mean?Deployment animation.
Do we have any idea what the 4th stage ("Edge" AOCS) uses as propellant?
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ec7rNH-mkgLWjFgyll_htA"Valley Star 1 (remote one) carrier rocket" is a four-stage solid launch vehicle designed by Star River Power, one, two, three solid engines, four stages for advanced liquid top stage, rocket diameter 1.4m, a total length of 19m, take-off mass 31t, 500km solar synchronous orbit carrying capacity of 300kg. In addition to the satellite, the capsule also carried three chips, each storing the star river power group's "Summer 2" program group through the micro-blogging campaign to collect the words of the most caring people, musician Pang Kwan's latest single "Time after time" and Star River Power Company Employees to help the motherland's space exploration of the good wishes, they and the rocket's last stage into space together, at the same time, in this launch with the help of the rocket's last sub-stage orbit passivation, Xinghe Power and Beijing Aerospace Ark Space Technology Co., Ltd. jointly carried out a "commercial return satellite orbit re-entry" key technology verification.
Jiuquan, November 7 / Xinhua/ -- China's New CERES-1 launch vehicle, designed for commercial use, successfully completed its first flight on Saturday, delivering one satellite to a designated orbit.The rocket was launched into space from the Jiuquan space center in Northwest China at 15: 12 Beijing time.CERES-1 is a small solid-fuel launch vehicle that can launch micro and small satellites into low-earth orbit. It was developed by the Beijing-based high-tech company Galactic Energy.During its first flight, it delivered the 11th satellite for the emerging Tianqi satellite constellation, which will be primarily used for data collection and transmission.
I'm not a Chinese speaker, but AIUI post-classical planet names are rendered into Chinese as literal translations of the god/dess they're named after; so Ceres becomes 'grain-goddess star' (Gushenxing), Pluto is 'underworld king star' and Neptune is 'sea king star'.
