SatNet LEO Group 23

A Long March 8A lifted off from Wenchang's Hainan commercial spaceport carrying nine GuoWang broadband satellites, the constellation's 23rd deployment batch, into low Earth orbit. It was the 10th flight of the Long March 8A variant and the 661st Long March launch overall.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

6 T (est.)

Flight

10th

of 11 Long March 8A flights

Date and time

4 August 2026, 08:52 UTC

Rocket

Long March 8A

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Commercial LC-1, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

Payload

Communications

International designator

2026-176

Launches in 2026

184th of 243

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