2025 · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
SatNet LEO Group 02 (Demo Flight)
successLong March 8A | SatNet LEO Group 02 (Demo Flight)
Demonstration flight of the Long March 8A rocket with upgraded first stage and boosters engines, and a new larger liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen second stage with new YF-75H engines derived from ones used on the Long March 5. Payload is 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.
Overview
- Date / time
- February 11, 2025 at 09:30 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- 201
- Mission
- SatNet LEO Group 02 (Demo Flight)
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit