7 April 2026, 13:32 UTC
SpaceSail Polar Group #7
Deployed 18 internet satellites for the Shanghai-led Qianfan (Thousand Sails) broadband megaconstellation from the Hainan Commercial Space Launch Site, the constellation's seventh launch, bringing it to 126 satellites in orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- PO
- Polar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 4th
- of 6 Long March 8 flights
- Date and time
- 7 April 2026, 13:32 UTC
- Rocket
- Long March 8
- Builder
- CASC
- Launch site
- Commercial LC-1, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2026-075
- Launches in 2026
- 80th of 243
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