China Kuaizhou11 Y13 Rocket Launches CentiSpace-05 Satellite Group
An ExPace’s Kuaizhou11 Y13 carrier rocket with the GNSS satellite group CentiSpace-05 onboard was launched on the morning of June 17th, at 11:58 am China Standard Time (03:58 am Universal Coordinated Time) at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwestern China.
GNSS stands for global navigation satellite system. A global navigation satellite system (GNSS) consists of a constellation of satellites orbiting the Earth in very specific trajectories. For global coverage, it is estimated that a constellation requires 18 to 30 satellites. Navigation satellites provide orbit information and accurate timing (and other services) to radio receivers specifically designed to receive those satellite signals and decode the signal message contents. With the contents of the messages from at least four “visible” satellites, the position on or near most of the Earth’s surface can be calculated using a mathematical process known as trilateration.
Currently, there are several GNSS constellations provided by governments around the world, including:
BeiDou – China
Galileo – European Union
GLONASS – Russia
GPS (originally Navstar GPS) – United States
The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) in nortwestern China was founded in 1958. It was the first of China's four spaceports. The launch center has been the focus of many of China's historic space ventures, including the country's first satellite Dong Fang Hong I in 1970 and their first crewed space mission, Shenzhou V, on October 15, 2003. JSLC is now a home for many new Chinese commercial space launch firms, like ExPace.
Release Dates: June 17-18, 2026
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