Past launch
Launched successfully
SatNet test satellite
Smart Dragon 3, flown by China Rocket Co. Ltd.
Launches / Smart Dragon 3
Smart Dragon 3, flown by China Rocket Co. Ltd.
This was China Rocket Co. Ltd.'s 3rd launch of 2026, and its 12th in all.
Counting every operator, it was the 83rd orbital launch attempt anywhere in 2026, and the second from South China Sea (launch location 3).
China Rocket Co. Ltd.
Officially described as "Satellite-Internet Technology Demonstration Satellite". Probable 1 (?) test satellite for the Chinese state-owned LEO communication satellite constellation SatNet.
Smart Dragon-3 is a solid fuel orbital rocket designed by a subsidiary of the state-owned CASC group built for the commercial market.
China Rocket Co. Ltd.
China Rocket Co. Ltd. is a spinoff of China’s state-owned launch vehicle manufacturer using a “commercial business model”.
13 launches so far, 13 of them successful. The last 13 in a row went to plan.
It went up from South China Sea (launch location 3) at Haiyang Oriental Spaceport.
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