SatNet LEO Group TBD?
Long March 12 · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Commercial LC-2
Overview
Date to be confirmed
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation has an expected date, Tuesday, 24 November 2026, 07:00 UTC, but has not confirmed it. Treat it as a plan, not a promise.
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Next: the provider confirms a date, and this page changes to "Go for launch".
- Rocket
- Long March 12
- Provider
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Launch pad
- Commercial LC-2
- Location
- Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
- Launch time
- Tue 24 Nov 2026, 07:00 UTC
- Launch window
- Tue 24 Nov 2026, 07:00 UTC to Tue 24 Nov 2026, 10:00 UTC
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
Live updates
Nothing yet. We add a short note here at each step: holds, fuelling, the final go or no-go, liftoff and the result. Our reports and news posts about this launch appear here too, each on its own page.
Written by the Space Mushroom team. Times are in UTC.
Discussion
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Rockets and launchesMission
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.
Description from the launch provider, passed on by Launch Library, The Space Devs.
Rocket
The Long March 12 carrier rocket is a Chinese medium-lift launch vehicle currently under development by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, using kerosene and liquid oxygen as propellant. It will be capable of placing at least 10 tonnes of payload in low Earth orbit and at least 6 tonnes in a 700 km Sun-synchronous orbit.