Kinetica-2’s second mission is expected to carry eighteen Qianfan space-based connectivity constellation satellites.
The July 5 launch brought the total number of deployed Qianfan satellites to 238.
Each Qianfan satellite uses a flat-pack design with a single solar array.
Each Qianfan satellite costs under 10 million yuan and weighs 300 kilograms.
The Long March 8A launch sent the Qianfan polar group 15 LEO communications satellites into orbit.
The Qianfan deployment plan targets 324 satellites launched in 2026.
The Qianfan mega-constellation is operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies Co Ltd.
Each Qianfan satellite carries an electric Hall-effect thruster that burns krypton and generates 20 millinewtons of thrust.
Each Qianfan satellite has a specific impulse of 1,385 seconds.
The July 5 launch was the fourteenth Qianfan satellite deployment mission.
The twenty Qianfan satellites launched on July 5 were manufactured by the Innovation Academy for Microsatellites of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The July 5 Long March 8A launch carried twenty Qianfan satellites into a polar orbit.
Each Qianfan satellite weighs 300 kilograms and uses a flat-pack design with a single solar array.
The July 4 payload was the thirteenth group of the Qianfan constellation.
Each Qianfan satellite uses an electric Hall-effect thruster burning krypton to generate 20 millinewtons of thrust with a specific impulse of 1,385 seconds.
The July 4 launch was Genesat's fifth contract to manufacture Qianfan satellites.
The thirteenth Qianfan group consisted of eighteen satellites manufactured by Genesat.
Qianfan has had 218 satellites delivered into orbit after the July 4 launch.
Each Qianfan satellite costs under 10 million yuan.
Qianfan Jigui Group 13 launched on a Chang Zheng 6A rocket from Taiyuan at 0930 UTC on July 4, 2026.