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Long March 7A | Shijian 29 A-B

Name: Long March 7A | Shijian 29 A-B
Start: 2025-12-30T22:40:00.000Z
Location: 201, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Long March 7A · 201, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 570th launch · 69th this year · humanity's 7,173rd orbital launch attempt

T− --:--:--December 30, 2025 · 22:40 UTCAdd to calendar

Success

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Dec 30, 22:32 – Dec 30, 23:10 UTC

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Shijian 29 A-B

2 satellites officially described as for "demonstration of new technologies for spatial targets detection" purposes.

Technology · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)

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No booster details available.

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Updates

Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/30/2025 · source
Refined launch window per new NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/26/2025 · source
Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload identity highly uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/19/2025 · source

Pad — 201

Local pad time: Dec 31, 6:40 AM GMT+8

31 launches from this pad · 68 from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

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