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China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLaunch SuccessfulCommunicationsLong March 6A
Launched 2025-12-08 22:11 UTCLaunch Complex 9A, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Success
Reached Polar Orbit
Worldwide
294th
orbital launch attempt in 2025
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
59th
launch this year
Launch Complex 9A
10th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
52 d 15 h
since the pad's previous launch
A batch of 5 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.
Launch Provider
Government · China · Founded 1999 · Chairman & President Lei Fanpei
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 manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.
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Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload identities uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin
Height
50m
Diameter
3.4m
Liftoff thrust
7,230kN
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