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Long March 8A | SatNet LEO Group 10

Name: Long March 8A | SatNet LEO Group 10
Start: 2025-08-25T19:08:00.000Z
Location: Commercial LC-1, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Long March 8A · Commercial LC-1, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 538th launch · 37th this year · humanity's 7,042nd orbital launch attempt

T− --:--:--August 25, 2025 · 19:08 UTCAdd to calendar

Success

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

Window: Aug 25, 19:00 – Aug 25, 19:25 UTC

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SatNet LEO Group 10

A batch of 9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group. The constellation will eventually consists of 13000 satellites.

Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Booster

No booster details available.

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Live: Long March 8A Flight 3 Launch (No Commentary) — International Rocket Launches

Updates

Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/25/2025 · source
Unofficial Webcast by International Rocket Launches has started
LL2 · 8/25/2025 · source
Delayed to NET August 25 per NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/22/2025 · source
Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload identity uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/18/2025 · source

Pad — Commercial LC-1

Local pad time: Aug 26, 3:08 AM GMT+8

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

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