ExPace flies Kuaizhou-11 with CentiSpace navigation satellites

ExPace launched a Kuaizhou-11 solid rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 11:58 a.m. Beijing time on June 17, carrying the CentiSpace-05 group of low-Earth-orbit GNSS-augmentation satellites built by Beijing-based Future Navigation. U.S. tracking indicated the payloads reached orbit on what was the sixth flight of the Kuaizhou-11 family, though Chinese authorities were unusually slow to confirm the result and unofficial reports raised questions about one or more satellites. The CentiSpace network is planned to grow to roughly 160 satellites to sharpen positioning accuracy.