TAURUS 1

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CommunicationsLEOCOSPAR 2025-248NLaunched 11/2/2025

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Mission & Launch

Launch Mission: Bandwagon-4
Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9 FT5
Launch Date: 11/2/2025

Orbit & Mass

Orbit Class: LEO
Altitude: 511.5 km
Inclination: 45.4 deg
Dry Mass: 0.452 kg
Total Mass: 0.452 kg

Payload Classification

Mission Type

Communications

Payload Category

COM

Payload Class

B

Organizations

Operator: Turksat
Manufacturer: GUMUSH AeroSpace

Registry

COSPAR ID: 2025-248N

Track

Mentions

2

All verified mentions of this spacecraft in source documents.

The Taurus-1 (Jinniuzuo-1) CubeSat launched in September of the previous year carried a small ultraviolet telescope belonging to Origin Space designed for monitoring the atmosphere for impact events.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Apr 23, 2020Chinese space resource utilization firm Origin Space signs deal for space telescope

The 2019-09-11 Long March 4 launch also carried the Taurus-1 (Jinniuzuo-1) 3U CubeSat developed by Shanghai Aerospace Science and Technology Co., Ltd. (ASES Space).

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Sep 25, 2019China continues intense activity with environment, navigation satellite launches