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On the  9th December 2024 Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time at CNSA –China National Space Administration– Wenchang Space Craft launch Center the Long March 8A Yao-1 rocket was loaded and shipped, and will make its first flight early next year On December 9, the Long March 8A Yao-1 carrier rocket was successfully loaded and headed for the Wenchang Space Launch Center in China. As China’s main rocket for medium and low orbits in the future, the Long March 8A rocket will carry out its first flight mission….

On the 12 March  2025, Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time at CNSA –China National Space Administration– Wenchang Space Craft launch Center At 0:38 on March 12, the Long March 8 carrier rocket ignited and took off at the Hainan Commercial Space Launch Center, and then successfully sent the fifth batch of Qianfan constellation networking satellites into the predetermined orbit….

. The launch mission was a complete success, marking that China’s first commercial space launch site has the ability to launch dual-stations. This launch is the first launch of the No. 1 launch station of the Hainan Commercial Space Launch Center, and it is another capability test after the first successful launch of the Hainan Commercial Space Launch Center

The Long March 8 carrier rocket was developed by the First Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. The Long March 8 series of rockets are medium-sized carrier rockets designed and developed for China’s sun-synchronous orbit and low-orbit large constellation networking launch missions. There are currently three configurations. The Long March 8 rocket that performed this mission uses the basic configuration of bundling two boosters. “From the perspective of medium-sized launch vehicles of the same size in China, the carrying efficiency and carrying capacity of the Long March 8 series rockets are among the best. They can not only achieve large-scale mass production, but also have the ability to perform high-density launch missions. For China’s satellite network construction, especially the 1,100-kilometer orbit network launch mission, the Long March 8 series rockets have outstanding advantages.” Song Zhengyu, chief designer of the Long March 8 series rockets, said.

In this mission, the Long March 8 rocket innovatively adopted the new three-vertical test and launch mode. During the vertical transportation process, the rocket body was divided into three sections for transportation. The core first-stage booster assembly, the core second-stage rocket body, and the star cover assembly were transported to the launch area by road in a vertical state. The rocket completed vertical assembly, testing and launch at the launch area, and has the ability to launch in 7 days and recover in 7 days, which can meet the future high-density launch needs. In addition, the Long March 8 rocket launch team also unified the management of personnel at the No. 1 station, the filling and gas supply system, and the smart launch site system, and formed a professional test and launch team to optimize the job setting and personnel allocation, further improving the test and launch efficiency.


Previously, the Long March 8 rocket was launched from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in China. This mission is the fourth launch of the Long March 8 rocket, and it is also the first time that it has carried out a launch mission at the No. 1 station of Hainan Commercial Aircraft Corporation. Before the launch, the Long March 8 rocket conducted several joint exercises at the No. 1 station to fully verify the coordination and matching of the launch site system. “The successful completion of this mission marks that the Long March 8 rocket officially has its own new station, which provides the basic conditions for the high-intensity and high-density launch of the Long March 8 rocket this year. It means that the Long March 8 rocket has officially entered the market and can provide customers with fast, efficient and high-quality services.” said Xiao Yun, chief commander of the Long March 8 series


The No. 1 launch station of the Hainan Commercial Space Launch Center is a suitable station for the Long March 8 series of carrier rockets.


The fifth batch of Qianfan constellation networking satellites were provided with launch services by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Great Wall Company as the general contractor. The fifth batch of Qianfan constellation networking satellites were provided with launch services by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Great Wall Company as the general contractor. Qianfan constellation was built and operated by Shanghai Yuanxin Satellite Technology Co


This launch is the 563rd launch of the Long March series of carrier rockets

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On the 9th December 2024, Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time at CNSA –China National Space Administration– Wenchang Space Craft launch Center the The Long March 8A Yao-1 rocket was loaded and shipped, and will make its first flight early next year On December 9, the Long March 8A Yao-1 carrier rocket was successfully loaded and headed for the Wenchang Space Launch Center in China. As China’s main rocket for medium and low orbits in the future, the Long March 8A rocket will carry out its first flight mission….

At 17:30 Hong Kong SAR-  Beijing Time on February 11, as the Lantern Festival was approaching, my country’s new carrier rocket Long March 8A ignited and took off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in China. Subsequently, the rocket successfully sent the satellite Internet low-orbit 02 satellites into the predetermined orbit. The first flight mission of the Long March 8A rocket was a complete success, which marked the addition of a new member to my country’s new generation of carrier rockets and the serialization of the Long March 8 carrier rocket…

[ As Newest ChangZheng Long March Carrier Rocket member is added to China’s new generation of carrier rocket family]

At 17:30 on February 11, China’s new carrier rocket Long March 8A carrier rocket ignited and took off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in China. Subsequently, the rocket successfully sent the satellite Internet low-orbit 02 group of satellites into the predetermined orbit. The first flight mission of the Long March 8A rocket was a complete success, which marked that China’s new generation of carrier rocket family has added a new member and the Long March 8 carrier rocket has been serialized.


The ChangZheng – Long March 8A rocket was developed by the First Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. It is a two-stage and a half liquid carrier rocket independently developed by China. From the appearance, the rocket has a “bigger head”, which can provide a larger passenger space for satellites, adapt to more types and larger satellites, and have stronger mission adaptability.


The satellite Internet low-orbit 02 group of satellites was developed by the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.


This launch is the 559th launch of the Long March series of carrier rockets.

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On the 9th December 2024, Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time at CNSA –China National Space Administration– Wenchang Space Craft launch Center the The Long March 8A Yao-1 rocket was loaded and shipped, and will make its first flight early next year] On December 9, the Long March 8A Yao-1 carrier rocket was successfully loaded and headed for the Wenchang Space Launch Center in China. As China’s main rocket for medium and low orbits in the future, the Long March 8A rocket will carry out its first flight mission….

“The Long March 8A rocket is specially developed based on the Long March 8 rocket to meet the future medium and low orbit giant constellation network launch needs.” Song Zhengyu, chief designer of the Long March 8 model, introduced that “the Long March 8A rocket has the characteristics of advanced performance, low cost, high reliability and rapid launch . This maiden flight mission marks the official debut of the Long March 8A rocket, which will make important contributions to China’s low-orbit satellite networking and other tasks . It is of great significance and cannot be missed.”

“The Chang’e-8A rocket embodies the hard work and efforts of the entire team. It took 28 months to develop. So far, 44 large-scale ground tests have been completed and many key technologies have been mastered .” Xiao Yun, chief commander of the Chang’e-8 model, said, “The model team has the confidence and ability to complete this launch mission.”

Before the shipment, the General Design Department, Material Center, Beijing Institute of Space Launch Technology, Tianjin Aerospace Long March Rocket Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and other relevant units worked closely together to efficiently complete the loading of the rocket body and standard containers. At the same time, the Chang-8 Project Office also organized the status monitoring and safety protection of the rocket body to ensure that everything was ready.

Subsequently, all members of the Chang-8A Yao-1 rocket launch team will continue to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, as well as the important speech of General Secretary Xi Jinping, cooperate with each other and work closely together, treat every detail with a rigorous, cautious and practical attitude, implement the spirit of the ninth working conference of the group company, complete related work with high quality, concentrate their hearts and minds, and work together to ensure the successful completion of the first flight mission.

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At morning 10th December 2024  Beijing time CNSA –China National Space Administration, the Long March 5B Yao-6 carrier rocket from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan Province,  China, People’s Republic of China., On the morning of December 10, 2024 Beijing time, the “Long March 5B” Yao-6 carrier rocket and satellite assembly were vertically transferred from the vertical assembly and test plant to the launch tower on a mobile launch platform, and the launch mission preparations entered the final stage

Long March 5B Yao-6 launch vehicle

The Long March 5B/Long March 5B (CZ-5B) is a large cryogenic liquid carrier rocket developed for China’s manned space station project, used to launch the main module of the space station. The rocket adopts a one-and-a-half-stage series-parallel configuration, consisting of a core stage and four boosters. It is China’s first one-and-a-half-stage configuration rocket.

Schematic diagram of Long March 5B

The Long March 5B rocket is 53.657 meters long, with a core stage diameter of 5 meters and a booster diameter of 3.35 meters. It is equipped with a large fairing with a diameter of 5.2 meters and a length of 20.5 meters. Its takeoff mass is about 849 tons, its takeoff thrust is about 1,078 tons, and its low-Earth orbit (LEO) capacity reaches 25 tons. In Asia, the Long March 5B is the rocket with the strongest low-Earth transport capacity in service.

Long March 5B Yao-6 launch vehicle

Long March 5B Yao-6 launch vehicle

The envelope diameter of the Long March 5B rocket fairing reaches 4.5 meters, and the volume exceeds 345 cubic meters. This is the fairing with the largest diameter, longest length, and largest envelope space in China’s current service, and one of the fairings with the largest envelope space in the world. With large carrying capacity and a “large cargo compartment”, the Long March 5B rocket can also be used with the Yuanzheng 2 upper stage to carry out large-scale multi-satellite launches, supporting China’s giant satellite constellation network. Once launched, the Long March 5B rocket will become the world’s most powerful carrier rocket for giant constellation network launches

It is expected that on the evening of December 15th to 16th, at the 101 launch site at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in China, the Long March 5B Yao-6 carrier rocket/Expedition 2 Yao-2 upper stage will carry out a large-scale multi-satellite launch mission, planning to send the satellites on board into low-Earth orbit.

The payload of this mission comes from the China Star Network Project, which is the China Star Network Low Orbit 01 Group Satellite. China Star Network (SatNet) is a giant satellite constellation in China, including low-orbit and high-orbit satellites, and plans to launch 12,992 satellites. The main body of the China Star Network Low Orbit 01 Group Satellite adopts a trapezoidal design, and its appearance is similar to that of the “One Network” constellation satellite. The constellation satellite using this design needs to be launched using a side-mounted launch based on a central load-bearing cylinder.

Long March 5B Yao-6 launch vehicle

This launch mission will be the fifth launch of the Long March 5B carrier rocket and the 13th launch of the Long March 5 series of rockets. At the same time, this launch will also be the first time that the rocket has carried out an unmanned space launch mission, which will provide a very scarce large carrying capacity for constellation networking.

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On CNSA –China National Space Administration    …. ChangZheng  Long March 12 first flight rocket …. At  Hainan Commercial Space Launch Center. Wenchang, Hainan Province, China, People’s Republic of China At 7:00 am Beijing time on 26 November 2024.. This morning, the Long March 12 Y1 carrier rocket was successfully transferred from the technical area to the launch area at the Hainan Commercial Space Launch Center. It will be launched in the near future. The first flight is a must . The Long March 12 is a new generation of medium-sized carrier rocket in China and also the first 3.8-meter-diameter single-core liquid carrier rocket in China.

China’s most powerful single-core rocket for low-orbit transport…

The Long March 12 (LM-12/CZ-12) is a new generation of carrier rocket developed by the Eighth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. It is a medium-sized cryogenic liquid carrier rocket with a two-stage tandem configuration. The first and second stages are all powered by liquid oxygen-kerosene engines. The rocket was originally the Eighth Academy’s bid for a new generation of manned carrier rockets, and was later renamed XLV20. The original 5CBC configuration (5 cores in parallel for the takeoff stage) was changed to a single core stage configuration.

The first stage of the Long March 12 is equipped with four YF-100K liquid oxygen/kerosene engines, using an oxygen-rich staged combustion cycle, using pump-back swing, supporting bidirectional swing of ±8 degrees, and a thrust adjustment range of 65%~105%. The sea level thrust of a single engine is about 128 tons (1250 kN), and the sea level specific impulse is 301.84 seconds. The second stage is equipped with two YF-115 liquid oxygen/kerosene engines, using an oxygen-rich staged combustion cycle, supporting bidirectional swing of ±4 degrees, a thrust adjustment range of 80%~100%, a vacuum thrust of about 18 tons (180 kN), and a vacuum specific impulse of about 342 seconds.

The Long March 12 rocket is 59 meters high, with a first and second stage diameter of 3.8 meters. It can be equipped with optional fairings with diameters of 4.2 meters and 5.2 meters. It has a takeoff mass of 433 tons and a maximum takeoff thrust of about 510 tons (5,000 kilonewtons). The rocket has a carrying capacity of no less than 10 tons in a low-Earth orbit (LEO) at an altitude of 300 kilometers and a carrying capacity of no less than 6 tons in a sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) at an altitude of 700 kilometers.

The Long March XII rocket is the first 3.8-meter-diameter model of the Long March rocket. It will also become China’s single-core-stage carrier rocket with the largest takeoff mass and the strongest low-orbit carrying capacity in service.

The first flight of the YF-100K engine!

On April 28, 2024, the YF-100K liquid oxygen-kerosene engine developed by the Sixth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation completed a four-engine parallel ignition test. The total thrust of the engine exceeded 500 tons. This was the first large-thrust liquid oxygen-kerosene engine four-engine parallel ignition test, and the four-engine parallel scheme was fully verified.

The YF-100K was born with the proposal of China’s manned lunar landing plan and the need to demonstrate the new generation of manned carrier rockets. It is based on the improvement and optimization of the YF-100. This engine is the main power of China’s new generation of manned carrier rocket “Long March 10”. It adopts pump back swing. Compared with the YF-100 in use, it has the advantages of small mass eccentricity, small swing envelope, and easy layout of swing components.

The maiden flight of the Long March 12 rocket is also the maiden flight of the YF-100K engine, which will test its performance in actual launches and accumulate flight samples for the main power of the Long March 10 takeoff stage. At the same time, the YF-100K will pave the way for the improvement and upgrading of the new generation of carrier rockets currently in service, such as the Long March 5, whose four boosters are equipped with a total of 8 YF-100 engines. By replacing them with the YF-100K engines with better performance, the rocket will further release its already powerful carrying capacity.

China’s Hainan commercial space launch site launches first rocket

It is expected that in August 2024, the Long March 12 (Yao-1) carrier rocket will carry out its maiden flight at the No. 2 station of the Hainan Commercial Space Launch Center in China, and China’s new generation of carrier rockets will welcome a new member. At the same time, this is also the first rocket launch of the Hainan Commercial Space Launch Center, which means that China’s first commercial space launch center has officially been put into use.

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