Past launch
Launched successfully
SpaceSail Polar Group #14
Long March 8A, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Launches / Long March 8A
Long March 8A, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
This was China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 33rd launch of 2026, and its 603rd in all.
Counting every operator, it was the 161st orbital launch attempt anywhere in 2026, and the sixth from Commercial LC-1.
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
20 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies with funding backed by the Shanghai local government. Initial constellation will consist of 1296 satellites by 2027 with long term plans to expand it to 12000 satellites.
The Long March 8A is an orbital launch vehicle developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology based on the Long March 8. It has an increased capability of up to 7 tonnes to a 700 km altitude sun-synchronous orbit. It implements a larger 3.35 meters diameter liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen 2nd stage, coupled with 2 upgraded version of the YF-75D engines used on the Long March 5 (known as the YF-75H) with increased thrust to 10 tonnes each through measures such as increased turbopump speeds. The Long March 8A can also use a larger 5.2 meters diameter payload fairing.
10 flights, 10 of them successful.
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.
612 launches so far, 596 of them successful. The last 3 in a row went to plan.
It went up from Commercial LC-1 at Wenchang Space Launch Site, China.
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