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Launched successfully
SatNet LEO Group 22
Long March 12, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Launches / Long March 12
Long March 12, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
This was China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 29th launch of 2026, and its 599th in all.
Counting every operator, it was the 142nd orbital launch attempt anywhere in 2026, and the second from Commercial LC-2.
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
A batch of 9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group. The constellation will eventually consists of 13000 satellites.
The Long March 12 carrier rocket is a Chinese medium-lift launch vehicle currently under development by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, using kerosene and liquid oxygen as propellant. It will be capable of placing at least 10 tonnes of payload in low Earth orbit and at least 6 tonnes in a 700 km Sun-synchronous orbit.
7 flights, 7 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-2 at Wenchang Space Launch Site, China.
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