Long March 8A | SatNet LEO Group 02 (Demo Flight)

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (Government)
• Rocket: Long March 8A — Long March family

Mission

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.

• Type: Communications
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Launch Site

• Pad: 201
• Location: Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
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