Launch success.
Galactic Energy / MISSION BRIEFING
Demo Flight
Pallas-1 · Test Flight
Success
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Mission overview
First test launch of Galactic Energy’s Pallas-1 rocket, with a dummy payload on board.
- Mission
- Demo Flight
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Provider
- Galactic Energy
- Target orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Timeline
Scheduled event sequence from Launch Library 2. These are planned milestones, not confirmed telemetry. Events remain unconfirmed until a verified source reports them.
A verified event timeline has not been published for this mission.
Mission intelligence
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Mission activity
Listening for verified changes
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Read source update
NET September 1 per NOTAMs; Assignment of this to the launch within the window is uncertain.
Moved to NET August based on rumors.
Added launch.
Schedule history
No changes recorded
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Rocket
Pallas-1Galactic Energy · ChinaPallas-1 is a 2 stage, semi-reusable launch vehicle built by the Chinese private launch services provider Galactic Energy. Both stages are powered by the gas generator cycle rocket engine Welkin/Cangqiong 50 (CQ-50) using kerosene and liquid oxygen, with 7 engines on the 1st stage and 1 vacuum variant on the 2nd stage. It can launch 7 tonnes to LEO and 3 tonnes to SSO when the 1st stage is recovered downrange.
Payload
Demo Flight
Payload details are described in the mission overview. No independently structured payload manifest or payload mass has been provided by the source.
Target orbit
SCHEMATIC · NOT A FLIGHT TRAJECTORY
- Orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit
- Classification
- SSO
Launch site
Pallas-1 Launch Pad
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Latitude
- 40.77596°
- Longitude
- 100.10721°
- Country
- China
- Time zone
- Asia/Shanghai
Live & mission coverage
No verified official livestream has been announced. Check mission sources for coverage updates.
Sources
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Launch Library 2high · P80
ll.thespacedevs.com · Updated Sep 1, 2026 02:23 UTCMission referencemedium · P60
m.weibo.cn · Updated Sep 1, 2026 02:23 UTCMission referencemedium · P60
forum.nasaspaceflight.com · Updated Sep 1, 2026 02:23 UTCMission referencemedium · P60
x.com · Updated Sep 1, 2026 02:23 UTCMission referencemedium · P60
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