Credit: 秦英健/Qin Yingjian
Long March 8A | SatNet LEO Group 02 (Demo Flight)
Launch Successful
Launch Information
Launch Provider:
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Launch Date:
February 11, 2025 09:30 UTC
Window Start:
2025-02-11T09:22:00Z
Window End:
2025-02-11T10:12:00Z
Rocket Details
Rocket:
Long March 8A
Configuration:
8A
Launch Location
Launch Pad:
201
Location:
Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China, China
Mission Details
Mission Name:
SatNet LEO Group 02 (Demo Flight)
Type:
Communications
Orbit:
Low Earth Orbit
Mission Description:
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 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.