Launches / Long March 2D

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SuperView Neo 2-05 & 06

Long March 2D, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Long March 2D lifting off with the SuperView Neo 2-05 & 06 mission
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This was China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 11th launch of 2026, and its 581st in all.

Counting every operator, it was the 66th orbital launch attempt anywhere in 2026, and the first from Launch Complex 9.

Launched
Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 10:51 p.m. UTC
Window
Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 10:43 to 11:05 p.m. UTC
Launch site
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China
Rocket
Long March 2D
Operator
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

The mission

Commercial Synthetic-aperture radar Earth observation satellites built by CAST for China Siwei Survey and Mapping Technology Co. Ltd.

Type
Earth science
Destination
Sun-synchronous orbit

The rocket

The Long March 2D, also known as the Chang Zheng 2D, CZ-2D and LM-2D, is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. It is a 2-stage carrier rocket mainly used for launching LEO and SSO satellites.

Height
38.3 m
Built by
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
First flew
August 9, 1992
Lifts to low Earth orbit
3,500 kg
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Diameter
3.4 m
Mass at liftoff
232 t
Thrust at liftoff
2,962 kN
Stages
1 to 2

100 flights, 99 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 9 at Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China.

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