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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is Long March 6A | G60 Polar Group 04?. It is scheduled to be launched by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation from Launch Complex 9A, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China at 2025-01-23 05:04:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 10 out of 137 launches from this location. The launch status is currently Go 🟩 . The mission type is Communications and the payload will be injected into a Polar Orbit (PO).

Possibly Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology (SSST) with funding backed by the Shanghai local government.

Initial constellation will consist of 1296 satellites by 2027 with long term plans to expand it to 12000 satellites.

• [2025-01-23 05:04:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 6A | G60 Polar Group 04? from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2025-01-23 15:22:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 3B/E | Unknown Payload from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2025-01-24 13:54:00 UTC] 🟨 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-6 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2025-01-25 09:53:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 8A | Demo Flight from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.
• [2025-01-27 19:21:00 UTC] 🟨 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-7 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2025-01-28 22:45:00 UTC] 🟨 GSLV Mk II | IRNSS-1K (NVS-02) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India.
• [2025-01-29 04:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Falcon 9 Block 5 | SpainSat NG I from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
• [2025-01-30 10:44:00 UTC] 🟨 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-3 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2025-02-01 08:30:00 UTC] 🟩 H3-22 | Michibiki 6 (QZS-6) from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.
• [2025-02-03 20:43:00 UTC] 🟩 Electron | IoT 4 You and Me (Kinéis 16-20) from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.

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