Launches / Long March 6C

Past launch Launched successfully

7 satellites

Long March 6C, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Long March 6C lifting off with the 7 satellites mission
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This was China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 42nd launch of 2026, and its 612th in all.

Counting every operator, it was the 202nd orbital launch attempt anywhere in 2026, and the eighth from Launch Complex 9A.

Launched
Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, 3:21 a.m. UTC
Window
Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, 3:15 to 3:40 a.m. UTC
Launch site
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China
Rocket
Long March 6C
Operator
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

The mission

Share ride of 7 satellites to sun-synchronous orbit, including the ham radio satellite BY70-4. Details TBD.

Type
Technology
Destination
Sun-synchronous orbit

The rocket

The Long March 6C is a Chinese launch vehicle of the Long March family, which was developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) and the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST). The vehicle is a further development of the Long March 6A, with its solid rocket boosters deleted, with 2 YF-100 engines on the first stage and 1 YF-115 engine on the second stage.

Height
43 m
Built by
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
First flew
May 7, 2024
Lifts to low Earth orbit
4,500 kg
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Diameter
3.4 m
Mass at liftoff
216 t
Thrust at liftoff
2,376 kN
Stages
2

2 flights, 2 of them successful.

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The operator

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.

Sector
Government
Based in
China
Founded
1999
Run by
Lei Fanpei, Chairman & President

612 launches so far, 596 of them successful. The last 3 in a row went to plan.

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The launch site

It went up from Launch Complex 9A at Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China.

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