25 June 2016, 12:00 UTC
Development Flight 1
Maiden flight of China's Long March 7 rocket, from the new Wenchang launch site, debuting the Yuanzheng-1A upper stage. It deployed six small payloads, including the Aolong-1 debris-cleanup demonstrator and Tianyuan-1 refueling tech demo, plus a scaled-down reentry capsule testing systems for China's next-generation crewed spacecraft.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 928 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 1st
- Only Long March 7/YZ-1A flight
- Date and time
- 25 June 2016, 12:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Long March 7/YZ-1A
- Builder
- CASC
- Launch site
- 201, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2016-042
- Launches in 2016
- 42nd of 85
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