China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLong March 10BCommercial LC-2, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Demo Flight
Launched
July 10, 2026 · 04:15 UTC
Image: CASC
Summary
Long March 10B Demo Flight by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation marks the rocket's first launch and China's first successful booster recovery. The mission successfully placed its payloads into target orbit from Commercial LC-2 at Wenchang.
- Watch
- Live: Long March 10B Demo Flight Launch (No Commentary)International Rocket Launches
- Booster
- LM-10B F1 · flight 1 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Ling Hang Zhe · landed1/1 landed here · 430 km downrange
- Mission
- Test Flight · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Long March 10B flightChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 604th launch34th this yearhumanity's 7,337th orbital launch attempt164th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
CHUANG XIN 26 (CX-26) · NORAD 69972 · 2026-158A · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- CHUANG XIN 26 (CX-26)
- Object ID
- 2026-158A
- Epoch
- 2026-08-08 02:36:46 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.25120729 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.00049691
- Inclination
- 49.9826°
- Ascending node
- 179.4935°
- Arg. of perigee
- 22.6065°
- Mean anomaly
- 337.5066°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 411
- B*
- -0.000009028209
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 1 component; 3 still in orbit
- CX-26 · NORAD 69972 · in orbit
CZ-10B Stage 2 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Demo Flight launched on a China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Long March 10B from Commercial LC-2, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China on July 10, 2026 at 04:15 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:02 to 04:49 UTC. It was China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 604th launch, 34th this year and humanity's 7,337th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Long March 10B flight. Booster LM-10B F1 flew for the 1st time and landed at Ling Hang Zhe. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). CHUANG XIN 26 (CX-26), one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 812 × 819 km orbit inclined 50.0°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
First launch of the Long March 10B rocket and first ever successful rocket booster recovery of a Chinese launch vehicle. This launch also deployed a SatNet LEO constellation test satellite named Chuangxin-26 (CX-26) to LEO.
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Pad
Commercial LC-2, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
7th launch from Commercial LC-2, 3rd this year · 68th from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Local pad time at liftoff: Jul 10, 12:15 PM GMT+8, in daylight
10 launches from this pad · 75 from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
23 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/10/2026 · source
Adjusted T-0 per local reports.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/10/2026 · source
New launch window per new NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/9/2026 · source
Refined launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/3/2026 · source
NET July 10 per NOTAMs; assignment of this particular launch to the listed launch window is uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/26/2026 · source
Rumored to be launching NET July.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/16/2026 · source
NET May.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/25/2026 · source
NET last days of April, to be confirmed.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/20/2026 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/11/2026 · source
Questions
When did Demo Flight launch?
Demo Flight launched on July 10, 2026 at 04:15 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:02 to 04:49 UTC.
Where can I watch Demo Flight?
Coverage: Live: Long March 10B Demo Flight Launch (No Commentary). Watch the replay
What rocket launched Demo Flight?
Long March 10B, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Long March 10B spec sheet
Where did Demo Flight launch from?
Commercial LC-2, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China. Liftoff was Jul 10, 12:15 PM GMT+8 local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster LM-10B F1 flew for the 1st time and landed at Ling Hang Zhe.
What orbit did Demo Flight reach?
CHUANG XIN 26 (CX-26), one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 812 × 819 km orbit inclined 50.0°.
How many satellites did Demo Flight launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).