LilacSat 3

Failure
JAN 17202604:05:00 UTC

Ceres-2 is Galactic Energy's larger follow-on to the Ceres-1, designed to deliver up to 1,600 kg to low Earth orbit - roughly four times the payload capacity of its predecessor. An anomaly occurred in the early stages of flight, resulting in mission termination before payload delivery.

launched from Jiuquan

aboard Ceres 2 Y1 into LEO

Payloads · 6

  • 01

    LilacSat 3 (Zidingxiang 3)

    Earth observation

  • 02

    Jilin-1 Gaofen-07A

    Earth observation

  • 03

    Dongpo

  • 04

    Jinjian Xing

  • 05

    Xiguang-1 06 (Dafu-1)

    Earth observation

  • 06

    Yunyao-2 01

last updated Mar 3, 2026