Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
SatNet LEO Group 02 (Demo Flight)
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: 9
Low Earth Orbit
Location
LC-201, Wenchang Space Launch Site, China
Stats
2025
30th orbital launch attempt
Long March 8
4th mission
1st mission of 2025
4th successful mission