Maiden Flight

Maiden flight of the Long March 7A from Wenchang, carrying a classified satellite toward geosynchronous transfer orbit. A pressure loss caused an engine malfunction shortly after stage separation, resulting in loss of the rocket and payload.

Outcome

Failure

Orbit

GSTO

Geosynchronous transfer orbit

Payload to orbit

Did not reach orbit

Flight

1st

of 18 Long March 7A flights

Date and time

16 March 2020, 13:34 UTC

Rocket

Long March 7A

Builder

CASC

Launch site

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

Payload

Test Flight

Launches in 2020

19th of 114