Chinese private rocket Kinetica-2 places 18 satellites of the Qianfan internet constellation into orbit
On November 3, the Chinese private rocket Kinetica-2 (Y2) of CAS Space delivered 18 spacecraft of the Qianfan satellite internet project into orbit. This was the rocket's second flight and its first mission to deploy a large group of satellites. The number of spacecraft in the low-orbit constellation has reached 256, with plans to increase it to 324 by the end of 2026.
Otabek Yusupov