12 March 2026, 19:48 UTC
SatNet LEO Group 20
Placed the twentieth group of nine GuoWang (SatNet) megaconstellation broadband satellites into low Earth orbit from Commercial Pad 1 at the Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site, ending a month-long pause in Chinese orbital launches.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 8th
- of 11 Long March 8A flights
- Date and time
- 12 March 2026, 19:48 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
- 2026-047
- Launches in 2026
- 51st of 243
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