Mission Overview
Demonstration flight of the Long March 8A rocket with upgraded first stage and boosters engines, and a new larger liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen second stage with new YF-75H engines derived from ones used on the Long March 5. Payload is 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.
Payloads
1
Type
Communications
Vehicle
Long March 8A
Window
09:22 AM UTC – 10:12 AM UTC
Related Missions
Rocket
CH
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Launch Site
Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China