Past launch
Launched successfully
7 satellites
Long March 6C, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
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Long March 6C, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
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.
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Share ride of 7 satellites to sun-synchronous orbit, including the ham radio satellite BY70-4. Details TBD.
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.
2 flights, 2 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 Launch Complex 9A at Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China.
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