China launches 4 satellites from sea

China has launched 4 satellites from the sea on multiple occasions. Here are the details of some of the launches:May 19, 2025: At 15:38, under the organization and command of the海上发射团队of the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, Galactic Energy successfully completed the CERES-1 Sea Launch (Y5) mission in the waters near Shandong. It successfully sent 4 satellites, namely the 34th to 37th satellites of the first phase of the "Tianqi Constellation", into a low-Earth orbit with an altitude of 850 km and an inclination of 45°. This launch marked the full completion of the first-phase global networking of the "Tianqi Constellation".December 19, 2024: At 18:18, the CERES-1 Sea Y4 carrier rocket, which was assembled and出厂in Haiyang, Yantai, took the "Oriental Spaceport"号, the first domestic海上卫星发射工程船, and sent 4 satellites of the 04th group of the Tianqi Constellation (the 33rd to 36th satellites) into a low-Earth orbit with an altitude of 850 km and an inclination of 45°. The launch mission was a complete success.May 29, 2024: At 16:12, the sea-borne variant of the commercial rocket CERES-1 was launched into space from the waters near Shandong, sending a group of 4 satellites into the planned orbit. This was the 12th flight mission of the CERES-1 rocket series.September 5, 2023: At 17:34, the commercial launch vehicle CERES-1 carried 4 satellites and lifted off from the waters near Haiyang, a coastal city in Shandong Province. The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center carried out this offshore mission. This was the 9th flight mission of the CERES-1 rocket series and the first sea-based mission of the CERES-1 series. The 4 satellites carried were the Tianqi 21-24 satellites, which are part of the Tianqi low-Earth orbit Internet of Things constellation.