Long March 12 | Maiden Flight
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Launch Window
Nov. 30, 2024, 2:17 p.m. - Nov. 30, 2024, 4:08 p.m.
Nov. 30, 2024, 2:17 p.m. - Nov. 30, 2024, 4:08 p.m.
First launch of the Long March 12 launch vehicle and the first launch from the Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site. 2 satellites are on board: * Satellite Internet Technology Demonstration Satellite * JSW-03
Launch success.
Liftoff.
Unofficial Webcast by International Rocket Launches has started
Tweaked launch window.
Adding launch per marine navigation warnings; payload identity uncertain.
The Long March 12 carrier rocket is a Chinese medium-lift launch vehicle currently under development by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, using kerosene and liquid oxygen as propellant. It will be capable of placing at least 10 tonnes of payload in low Earth orbit and at least 6 tonnes in a 700 km Sun-synchronous orbit.
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.
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