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How to watch Long March 2C launch

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Thu, Nov 5, 16:00 UTC · launch window 24 minutes

Long March 2C · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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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 We do not publish launch odds we cannot back; here is what we recorded.

No launch from Xichang has flown since we started recording date changes on Aug 29, 2026, so we have no record to report yet.
Of the 47 launches that have flown from every site we track since we started recording date changes on Aug 29, 2026, 31 (66%) had the date or time moved at least once after we first recorded it, and 9 (19%) slipped by a day or more.

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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 →Every Xichang launch this month →Which launches slip, and by how much →

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