SatNet LEO Group 02 (Demo Flight)
Long March 8A · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Wenchang Space Launch Site
- Launch (UTC)
- Feb 11, 2025, 09:30 UTC
- Outcome
- Launched successfully
- Rocket
- Long March 8A
- Site
- Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
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.