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China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Long March 12 · Commercial LC-2, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

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Where it was visible

Night launch: visible as a bright moving light from far away if it's clear.

  • Haikou, China81 kmESE, up to 25° from T+1:00Bright moving light
  • Sanya, China212 kmENE, up to 16° from T+1:00Bright moving light

Estimates from a typical ascent toward the likely orbit. Real trajectories, cloud and haze vary; the farther away, the lower and shorter the view.

Mission

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.

Launch time (UTC)
Oct 9, 19:27 UTC
Precision
Minute
Window
Oct 9, 19:20 UTC – Oct 9, 19:49 UTC
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Communications
Pad
Commercial LC-2

Rocket · Long March 12

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.

Height
62 m
Diameter
3.8 m
Liftoff mass
428 t
Liftoff thrust
5,000 kN
To LEO
12,000 kg
Track record
9 / 9 successful
Success streak
9
First flight
2024-11-30
Reusable
No

This is the 238th orbital launch attempt worldwide this year, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 48th launch this year, the 10th launch from Commercial LC-2.

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