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Jielong-3 Sea Launch Places Geely Constellation 06 Group in Orbit

The mission advances a near-global IoT service as the constellation moves toward a planned 72 satellites in 2025.

Overview

  • China’s Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center used a Jielong-3 rocket to lift off from waters near Rizhao, Shandong at 15:56 Beijing time on September 24, successfully inserting the payloads into their planned orbits.
  • The flight deployed Geely’s 06-group satellites and also carried the Peking University Beida Time-Space 01 experimental satellite, according to CCTV.
  • Operator Spacetime DaoYu reports 64 satellites now on orbit with 100% in-orbit and network reliability, delivering real-time coverage across the global surface outside the polar regions.
  • The company claims 1–2 layers of real-time coverage within ±60° latitude, capacity for about 340 million communications per day, and support for roughly 20 million users including about 5 million high-frequency users.
  • Spacetime DaoYu cites per-message payloads up to 1,900 bytes, adaptive anti-jamming around 50 dB and anti-interception features, while Phase‑1 envisions 72 satellites by 2025 using Jielong-3’s rapid land/sea launch and multi-satellite deployment capabilities.