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Demo Flight (SpaceSail Polar Group #10)

Name: Demo Flight (SpaceSail Polar Group #10) launch
Start: 2026-06-01T08:40:00+00:00
End: 2026-06-01T08:40:00+00:00
Location: Long March 12 series Pad, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Long March 12BChina Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLong March 12 series Pad

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Vehicle

Long March 12B

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Long March 12B/Changzheng 12B (LM-12B/CZ-12B) is a reusable orbital launch vehicle developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Commercial Launch Vehicle Group (CACL), a subs...

Height72 m

LEO Payload20,000 kg

Launches612

Successes589

Provider

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

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CHN • Founded 1999

The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufactu...

Mission Brief

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.

PayloadDemo Flight (SpaceSail Polar Group #10)

OrbitPolar Orbit

CustomerChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Stages2

PadLong March 12 series Pad, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China