Ceres-1 | Jilin-1 High Resolution 04B

Status: Failure | Launched: Sep 21, 2023 04:59 UTC

Failure reason: 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.

Launch Provider & Rocket

Provider: Galactic Energy (Commercial)
Rocket: Ceres-1 — Ceres-1 family

Mission

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

Type: Earth Science
Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

Launch Site

Pad: Launch Area 95A
Location: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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Launch data sourced automatically from the Launch Library 2 API. Last refreshed: 2026-08-23T21:01:01.732974+00:00.