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Geely Constellation Group 04

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Communications

Low Earth Orbit Rizhao offshore launch location Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

11 LEO communications satellites for Chinese car manufacturer Geely Automotive for testing autonomous driving/inter-vehicle communication services. They also carry payloads for ocean observation.

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Aug. 8, 2025, 3:07 p.m.

Updated launch time (https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5197505203541893) and payload.

LL2 • Aug. 8, 2025, 3:49 p.m.

Unofficial Webcast by International Rocket Launches has started

Cosmic_Penguin • Aug. 8, 2025, 4:33 p.m.

Liftoff.

Cosmic_Penguin • Aug. 8, 2025, 5:36 p.m.

Launch success.

Cosmic_Penguin • Aug. 5, 2025, 11:42 a.m.

Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities uncertain.

Smart Dragon 3

Family:
Configuration:

Smart Dragon-3 is a solid fuel orbital rocket designed by a subsidiary of the state-owned CASC group built for the commercial market.

Specifications

Length
32.0 m
Diameter
2.64 m
Fairing Diameter
3.35 m
Launch Mass
140.0 T
Thrust
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Family

Name
Smart Dragon 3
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Alias
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Full Name
Smart Dragon 3

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
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Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
1500.0 kg

China Rocket Co. Ltd.

(CHNR)

Successes: 12 Failures: 0 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

China Rocket Co. Ltd. is a spinoff of China’s state-owned launch vehicle manufacturer using a “commercial business model”.

Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

Rizhao offshore launch location

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