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How to watch Long March 12 launch

Fri, Oct 9, 7:25 PM UTC

Fri, Oct 9, 19:25 UTC · launch window 29 minutes

Long March 12 · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Commercial LC-2

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How firm is the date: Go for launch (confirmed by the provider)
Date history: No date change recorded for this launch.
At the pad when the window opens: Night launch. The sun is well below the horizon. The engine flame is visible from far away on a clear night; the plume is not lit by the sun.

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What to expect

We have not checked this mission's landing plan by hand. If a booster flies back to a landing zone on land, its landing brings a sonic boom; the provider's mission page says where the booster lands.
Sound travels about a kilometre every 3 seconds (a mile every 5), so at a distance you see liftoff before you hear it.

Will it go on time?

A launch date is a "no earlier than" target. Weather, a technical hold, the range or a boat in the hazard area can each stop a count on the day, and the provider then names a new time. We do not publish launch odds we cannot back; here is what we recorded.

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Launch time, status and pad: the Launch Library 2 manifest as synced by SpaceNexus; times move, and this page follows them.
Day or night: computed from the sun's position at the pad at the time shown. Distances: computed from coordinates.

The launch page: countdown, stream, date history →Which launches slip, and by how much →

How to watch Long March 12 launch

Fri, Oct 9, 7:25 PM UTC

Fri, Oct 9, 19:25 UTC · launch window 29 minutes

Long March 12 · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Commercial LC-2

Add this launch to your calendar (.ics)

How firm is the date: Go for launch (confirmed by the provider)
Date history: No date change recorded for this launch.
At the pad when the window opens: Night launch. The sun is well below the horizon. The engine flame is visible from far away on a clear night; the plume is not lit by the sun.

Watch online

What to expect

We have not checked this mission's landing plan by hand. If a booster flies back to a landing zone on land, its landing brings a sonic boom; the provider's mission page says where the booster lands.
Sound travels about a kilometre every 3 seconds (a mile every 5), so at a distance you see liftoff before you hear it.

Will it go on time?

Sources

Launch time, status and pad: the Launch Library 2 manifest as synced by SpaceNexus; times move, and this page follows them.
Day or night: computed from the sun's position at the pad at the time shown. Distances: computed from coordinates.

The launch page: countdown, stream, date history →Which launches slip, and by how much →

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What to expect

Will it go on time?

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