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Long March 2D · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Launch Complex 9
Overview
Go for launch
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation says the launch can go ahead on Wednesday, 18 November 2026, 22:50 UTC. Even with a go, the time can still move by minutes or hours for weather, technical checks or other traffic at the range.
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Next: the countdown, fuelling, a final go or no-go, then liftoff.
- Rocket
- Long March 2D
- Provider
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Launch pad
- Launch Complex 9
- Location
- Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Launch time
- Wed 18 Nov 2026, 22:50 UTC
- Launch window
- Wed 18 Nov 2026, 22:43 UTC to Wed 18 Nov 2026, 23:05 UTC
- Mission type
- Unknown
- Orbit
- Unknown
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
Details TBD.
Description from the launch provider, passed on by Launch Library, The Space Devs.
Rocket
The Long March 2D, also known as the Chang Zheng 2D, CZ-2D and LM-2D, is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. It is a 2-stage carrier rocket mainly used for launching LEO and SSO satellites.