Launched a satellite internet technology test satellite for China's SatNet program from a mobile sea platform in the waters off Yangjiang, Guangdong province, supporting development of the country's low Earth orbit broadband constellation.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- PO
- Polar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 11th
- of 12 Smart Dragon 3 flights
- Date and time
- 11 April 2026, 11:32 UTC
- Rocket
- Smart Dragon 3
- Builder
- China Rocket
- Launch site
- South China Sea (launch location 3), Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2026-078
- Launches in 2026
- 83rd of 243
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