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Long March 8A launches SatNet LEO Group 26 from Wenchang Space Launch Site
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's Long March 8A lifted off from Commercial LC-1 at Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China on 23 Sep 2026 13:32:00 UTC. The flight succeeded.
The flight
The window opened at 13:24 UTC and ran 25 minutes. Liftoff came 8 minutes into it.
The payload was bound for Low Earth Orbit.
The 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.
Payload description as recorded by Launch Library 2.
By the numbers
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation has now flown 617 launches in total. Its run of consecutive successful launches stands at 8.
It was the 14th launch from Commercial LC-1.
| Liftoff | 23 Sep 2026 13:32:00 UTC |
|---|---|
| Outcome | Launch Successful |
| Vehicle | Long March 8A |
| Provider | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation |
| Pad | Commercial LC-1 |
| Target orbit | Low Earth Orbit |
Written by Everything Space from Launch Library 2’s record of this flight — every figure above comes from that record. Fetched Tue, 06 Oct 2026 23:53:22 GMT.