ChinaSat 4B

China's Long March 7A rocket broke apart roughly 85 seconds after liftoff from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site while carrying the ChinaSat 4B communications satellite, destroying the vehicle and payload. It was the second Long March 7A failure of 2026 and the first since the type's 2020 debut mishap, with the cause still under investigation.

Outcome

Failure

Orbit

GTO

Geostationary transfer orbit

Payload to orbit

Did not reach orbit

Flight

18th

of 18 Long March 7A flights

Date and time

10 August 2026, 12:02 UTC

Rocket

Long March 7A

Builder

CASC

Launch site

201, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

Payload

Communications

Launches in 2026

190th of 243