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Long March 7A launches Tianlian 3-01 from Wenchang Space Launch Site
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's Long March 7A lifted off from 201 at Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China on 29 Jul 2026 11:50:00 UTC. The flight succeeded.
The flight
The window opened at 11:42 UTC and ran 117 minutes. Liftoff came 8 minutes into it.
The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit.
The mission
Tianlian is a Chinese data tracking and relay communications geostationary satellite series. The TL-3 (Tian Lian 3) satellites are the 3rd generation of China's geostationary orbit data relay satellites, based on the DFH-4E geostationary satellite bus. They will be used to support real-time communications between orbiting satellites/rockets in-flight and ground control stations. This system replaces/supplements the current network of ground-based space tracking and telemetry stations and space tracking ships.
Payload description as recorded by Launch Library 2.
By the numbers
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation has now flown 608 launches in total. Its run of consecutive successful launches stands at 34.
It was the 32nd launch from 201.
| Liftoff | 29 Jul 2026 11:50:00 UTC |
|---|---|
| Outcome | Launch Successful |
| Vehicle | Long March 7A |
| Provider | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation |
| Pad | 201 |
| Target orbit | Geostationary Transfer Orbit |
Written by Everything Space from Launch Library 2’s record of this flight — every figure above comes from that record. Fetched Thu, 06 Aug 2026 04:00:15 GMT.