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Long March 10B | Demo Flight
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Long March 10B · Commercial LC-2, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 604th launch · 34th this year · humanity's 7,337th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jul 10, 04:02 – Jul 10, 04:49 UTC
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Demo Flight
First launch of the Long March 10B rocket and first ever successful rocket booster recovery of a Chinese launch vehicle. Payloads on board is TBD.
Test Flight · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster
- LM-10B F1 · flight 1 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Ling Hang Zhe · landed ✓ · zone record 1/1
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- Live: Long March 10B Demo Flight Launch (No Commentary) — International Rocket Launches
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/10/2026 · source
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
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Pad — Commercial LC-2
Local pad time: Jul 10, 12:15 PM GMT+8
7 launches from this pad · 68 from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
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