At 7:39 p.m., Beijing time, the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China China was the location of a CERES-1 carrier rocket liftoff on September 5th.
Aboard the rocket were the Kaiyun-1, Yunyao-1 27 and Yuxing-3 08 satellites, all successfully posted to their assigned orbital slots.
- The Kaiyun-1 incorporates EO and space sensing instruments and its stated purpose is to engage in scientific research.
- Equipped with a GNSS object recognition instrument, the Yunyao-1 27 will also acquire a variety of data, ranging from temperatures of the atmosphere to measuring ionosphere electron densities.
- Yuxing-3 08 packs a 5-meter resolution camera aboard and, in addition to EO, will also experiment with temperature adaptive materials.