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Launch Date
3/11/2025
Launch Site
HCSLS LC1
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Launch Vehicle
Chang Zheng 8 (Long March 8 Family)
Ground-based telescopes revealed that some Qianfan satellites were tumbling.
The 'super factory' is designed to support the rapid deployment of China’s 'Thousand Sails' (Qianfan) low Earth orbit constellation.
This year, the Qianfan constellation aims to deploy 324 satellites and possibly grow to 432 satellites in orbit by the end of the year.
Qianfan reached an agreement with Airbus in December 2025 to become a key managed service provider for Airbus’s High Bandwidth Connectivity Plus program.
Shanghai Spacesail Technologies Co Ltd (上海垣信卫星科技有限公司) operates the 108-satellite Qianfan connectivity constellation.
The Memorandum of Understanding involves exploring the integration of the Qianfan connectivity mega-constellation, which has 108 satellites in orbit, onto Airbus’ fleet.
La llegada masiva de otras constelaciones como la de Amazon y las chinas de Guowang y Qianfan ha contribuido a la saturación de la zona de 550-600 kilómetros en LEO.
GuoWang and Qianfan constellations are expected to have some of their satellite groups produced in the 'super factory'.
On October 15th a Long March 6A launched Polar Group 02 carrying 18 Qianfan satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center into polar orbit.
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.
On August 6th a Long March 6A launched Polar Group 01 carrying 18 Qianfan satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center into polar orbit.
On January 23rd a Long March 6A launched Polar Group 06 carrying 18 Qianfan satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center into polar orbit.
On December 5th a Long March 6A launched Polar Group 03 carrying 18 Qianfan satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center into polar orbit.
On October 17th a Long March 6A launched Polar Group 18 carrying 18 Qianfan satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center into polar orbit.
Qianfan began satellite deployments in 2024, sending three groups of eighteen satellites into low Earth orbit.
A handful of launches have been booked for Qianfan with state-owned and privately developed launch solutions.
Shanghai Yuanxin, owner of Qianfan/Spacesail, is discussing a ¥5-6 billion fundraising round at a ¥40 billion ($5.6 billion) valuation.
Each Qianfan satellite is equipped with an electric hall-effect thruster that uses krypton to generate 20 millinewtons of thrust with a specific impulse of 1,385 seconds.