China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Demo Flight (SpaceSail Polar Group #10)
SUCCESS
✓ Mission success
On 01 JUN · 08:40 UTC 2026, Long March 12B delivered Demo Flight (SpaceSail Polar Group #10) to Polar Orbit.
- T-0 (flown)
- 01 JUN · 08:40 UTC
- Window
- Instantaneous
- Rocket
- Long March 12B
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Pad
- Long March 12 series Pad · Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Payload
- Demo Flight (SpaceSail Polar Group #10)
- Orbit
- Polar Orbit
Mission
First test launch of CASC/CACL’s Long March 12B rocket; carried a batch of 2 operational Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies with funding backed by the Shanghai local government. Initial constellation will consist of 1296 satellites by 2027 with long term plans to expand it to 12000 satellites.