Qianfan Polar Group 06 launched 18 satellites on January 23rd from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center aboard a Long March 6A and deployed them from the second stage.
Future third-generation Qianfan satellites are planned to weigh around 1,500 kilograms.
Qianfan Polar Group 01 launched 18 satellites on August 6th from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center aboard a Long March 6A and deployed them from the second stage into an approximately 800-kilometer orbit.
Qianfan Polar Group 03 launched 18 satellites on December 5th from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center aboard a Long March 6A and deployed them from the second stage.
On August 6th a Long March 6A launched Polar Group 01 carrying 18 Qianfan satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center into polar orbit.
Qianfan Polar Group 18 launched 18 satellites on October 17th from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center aboard a Long March 6A.
Each first-generation Qianfan satellite uses an electric Hall-effect thruster burning krypton that generates 20 millinewtons of thrust with a specific impulse of 1,385 seconds for orbital maneuvering.
Qianfan third-generation satellites are planned to weigh around 1,500 kilograms and will improve overall services.
The Qianfan mega-constellation is operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies Co Ltd and is partly backed by the municipal government of Shanghai.
On October 15th a Long March 6A launched Polar Group 02 carrying 18 Qianfan satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center into polar orbit.
The combined planned satellite count for the Qianfan, GuoWang, Honghu-3, Geely Future Mobility, Tianqi, and Three-Body Computing constellations is 50,730 once fully deployed.
Each first-generation Qianfan satellite can utilize 100 gigabits per second of intersatellite throughput and provide 20 megabits per second download and 5 megabits per second upload speed to a cell phone.
As of December 2025, Qianfan aimed to launch 324 satellites in 2026, 324 in 2027, 4,000 in 2028 and 2029 combined, and 5,000 in 2030.
Qianfan Polar Group 05 launched 18 satellites on March 11th from the Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site aboard a Long March 8 and deployed them from the second stage.
On March 11th the Long March 8 launched Polar Group 05 carrying 18 Qianfan satellites from the Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site into polar orbit.
The Long March 6A lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on December 8, contributing capacity to China’s G60/Qianfan megaconstellation.
The Shanghai-backed Qianfan mega-constellation has 108 satellites in orbit.
GuoWang now has 113 satellites in space, exceeding the 108 satellites of the Qianfan mega-constellation.
The Qianfan connectivity initiative will enhance the in-flight experience for passengers by providing high-speed, low-latency broadband satellite services from Shanghai Spacesail Technologies.
The Memorandum of Understanding involves exploring the integration of the Qianfan connectivity mega-constellation, which has 108 satellites in orbit, onto Airbus’ fleet.