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CentiSpace-1 S1 [Future Navigation]
CentiSpace-1 S1 or Weili Kongjian-1 S1, renamed Xiangrikui 1 after launch, is a Chinese commercial small satellite by a Beijing-based company called Future Navigation, which is to test GNSS augumentation techniques, among them a laser inter-satellite communication link.
It was built by CAS Microspace based on their WN-100 bus.
The satellite was launched in September 2018 on a Kuaizhou-1A rocket from Jiuquan.
A second satellite was launched in July 2020 on the maiden Kuaizhou-11, but failed to reach orbit.
Two more pairs were launched on a Kuaizhou-1A and a CZ-11H
| Nation: | China |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology ? |
| Operator: | Future Navigation |
| Contractors: | CAS |
| Equipment: | Laser communication link |
| Configuration: | WN-100 bus |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 97 kg |
| Orbit: | 695 km × 708 km, 98.22 |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CentiSpace-1 S1 (Xiangrikui 1) | 2018-075A | 29.09.2018 | Jq LP-43/95A | Kuaizhou-1A | ||
| CentiSpace-1 S2 (Xiangrikui 2) | 2020-F06 | 10.07.2020 | Jq LP-43/95A | Kuaizhou-11 | with Jilin-1 Gaofen-02E | |
| CentiSpace-1 S3 (Weili Kongjian-1 S3, Xiangrikui 3) | 2022-108A | 06.09.2022 | Jq LP-43/95A | Kuaizhou-1A | with CentiSpace-1 S4 | |
| CentiSpace-1 S4 (Weili Kongjian-1 S4, Xiangrikui 4) | 2022-108B | 06.09.2022 | Jq LP-43/95A | Kuaizhou-1A | with CentiSpace-1 S3 | |
| CentiSpace-1 S5 (Weili Kongjian-1 S5, Xiangrikui 5) | 2022-126A | 07.10.2022 | @YS (DeFu-15002) | CZ-11H | with CentiSpace-1 S5 | |
| CentiSpace-1 S6 (Weili Kongjian-1 S6, Xiangrikui 6) | 2022-126B | 07.10.2022 | @YS (DeFu-15002) | CZ-11H | with CentiSpace-1 S5 |
Launch Sites:
- @YS = Yellow Sea, China
- Jq = Jiuquan Space Center, Inner Mongolia, China
