SatNet LEO Group 18

Deployed the 18th group of nine Guowang broadband internet satellites into low Earth orbit from Commercial Launch Pad 1 at the Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site, the seventh flight of the Long March 8A.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

6 T (est.)

Flight

7th

of 11 Long March 8A flights

Date and time

13 January 2026, 15:25 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

2026-007

Launches in 2026

8th of 243

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