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2025 · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

SatNet LEO Group 02 (Demo Flight)

successLong March 8A | SatNet LEO Group 02 (Demo Flight)

Demonstration flight of the Long March 8A rocket with upgraded first stage and boosters engines, and a new larger liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen second stage with new YF-75H engines derived from ones used on the Long March 5. Payload is a batch of 9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group. The constellation will eventually consists of 13000 satellites.

Overview

Date / time
February 11, 2025 at 09:30 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
201
Mission
SatNet LEO Group 02 (Demo Flight)
Mission type
Communications
Orbit achieved
Low Earth Orbit
Launch vehicle
Long March 8A →
Launch provider
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation →

Payloads deployed · 9

HULIANWANG DIGUI-11
LEO
HULIANWANG DIGUI-12
LEO
HULIANWANG DIGUI-13
LEO
HULIANWANG DIGUI-14
LEO
HULIANWANG DIGUI-15
LEO
HULIANWANG DIGUI-16
LEO
HULIANWANG DIGUI-17
LEO
HULIANWANG DIGUI-18
LEO
HULIANWANG DIGUI-19
LEO