Long March 8A | SatNet LEO Group 02 (Demo Flight)
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation launched a Long March 8A rocket from 201 carrying SatNet LEO Group 02 (Demo Flight) to Low Earth Orbit on 11 Feb 2025, 09:30 UTC. Outcome: Launch Successful.
SuccessLaunch Successful
About the mission
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.