At 2216 Hours Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time 13th January 2026 , China- People’s Republic of China- CNSA –China National Space Administration Successfully launched Chang Zheng – Long March 6A yao 27 Carrier Rocket ignited and took off at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center Shanxi Province..
[A Great Start to 2026! my country, China, People’s Republic of China Successfully Launches Yaogan-50 01 Satellite]
At 22:16 Beijing time on January 13, 2026, my country successfully launched the Yaogan-50 01 satellite into its predetermined orbit using a Long March-6A carrier rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. The launch mission was a complete success. This satellite will primarily be used for land surveys, crop yield estimation, and disaster prevention and mitigation.
subsequently sending the Yaogan-50 01 satellite into its predetermined orbit. This marked a complete success for the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation’s first space launch mission of 2026, a strong start to the year’s space launches.
Both the rocket and satellite were developed by the Eighth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. The Yaogan-50 01 satellite will be mainly used for land surveys, crop yield estimation, and disaster prevention and mitigation.
The Long March 6A rocket is China’s first solid-liquid coupled launch vehicle, with a two-and-a-half-stage configuration, meeting diverse and intensive launch requirements for single and multiple satellites in series, parallel, stacked, wall-mounted, and mounted configurations. It has a payload capacity of no less than 4.5 tons to a 700-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.
This mission marked the 624th flight of the Long March series of carrier rockets.
Images and visuals are from their Respectives CMS China Manned SpaceCNSA-China National Space Administration
