Demo Flight (SpaceSail Polar Group #10)

Maiden flight of the reusable Long March 12B, conducted without advance announcement from the Dongfeng commercial zone at Jiuquan; the debut successfully delivered operational Qianfan broadband satellites to orbit, though no first-stage recovery was attempted.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

PO

Polar orbit

Payload to orbit

2 T (est.)

Flight

1st

Only Long March 12B flight

Date and time

1 June 2026, 08:40 UTC

Rocket

Long March 12B

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Long March 12 series Pad, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Test Flight

International designator

2026-121

Launches in 2026

127th of 243

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