China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLong March 12BLong March 12 series Pad, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Long March 12B | Demo Flight (SpaceSail Polar Group #10)
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China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 594th launch · 24th this year · humanity's 7,299th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jun 1, 08:40 – Jun 1, 08:40 UTC
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Demo Flight (SpaceSail Polar Group #10)
First test launch of CASC/CACL’s Long March 12B rocket; carried a batch of 2 operational Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies with funding backed by the Shanghai local government. Initial constellation will consist of 1296 satellites by 2027 with long term plans to expand it to 12000 satellites.
Test Flight · Polar Orbit (PO)
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- LM-12B F1 · flight 1 · expendable · zone record 0/0
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Pad — Long March 12 series Pad
Local pad time: Jun 1, 4:40 PM GMT+8
2 launches from this pad · 294 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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