Long March 7A

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China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC)

March 16, 2020

Description

Specifications
  • Length
  • Diameter
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
  • Thrust
Family
  • Name
    Long March 7A
  • Family
  • Variant
    A
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Long March 7A
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Government
Chairman & President: Lei Fanpei
CASC 1999

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.

Long March 7A | TJSW-26A

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Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
June 23, 2026, 2:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Chinese classified satellite claimed to be for communication technology test purposes. Actual mission not known.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Long March 7A | TJSW-24

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
May 26, 2026, 4:16 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Chinese classified satellite claimed to be for communication technology test purposes. Actual mission not known.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Long March 7A | Shijian 29 A-B

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Dec. 30, 2025, 10:40 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

2 satellites officially described as for "demonstration of new technologies for spatial targets detection" purposes.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Long March 7A | Shijian 28

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Nov. 30, 2025, 12:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Classified experimental Chinese satellite of unknown purposes.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Long March 7A | Yaogan 46

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Nov. 3, 2025, 3:47 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Classified Earth observation satellite officially reported as for "national resources/hydrology/meteorology surveying & disaster management" purposes.

Medium Earth Orbit
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Long March 7A | Yaogan 45

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Sept. 9, 2025, 2 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A Chinese military “remote sensing” satellite of unknown purposes.

Medium Earth Orbit
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Long March 7A | ChinaSat 3B

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
May 20, 2025, 11:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Chinese communication geostationary satellite for unknown purposes.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Long March 7A | TJSW-16

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
March 29, 2025, 4:05 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Chinese classified satellite claimed to be for communication technology test purposes. Actual mission not known.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Long March 7A | ChinaSat 4A

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Aug. 22, 2024, 12:25 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Chinese communication geostationary satellite for unknown purposes.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Long March 7A | ChinaSat 3A

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
June 29, 2024, 11:57 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Chinese communication geostationary satellite for unknown purposes.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Long March 7A | TJSW-10

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Nov. 3, 2023, 2:54 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Chinese classified satellite claimed to be for communication technology test purposes. Actual mission not known.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Long March 7A | Shijian 23

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Jan. 8, 2023, 10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Shijian 23 is possibly an experimental Chinese High-throughput communication satellite based on the DFH-4E satellite bus; details TBD.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Long March 7A | ChinaSat 1E

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Sept. 13, 2022, 1:18 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Note: provisional information based on satellite naming The FH 2 (Feng Huo 2) series are reportedly the second generation of chinese military comsats and data relay satellites. They provide both C-band and UHF communications. China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. manufactured the satellites based on the DFH-4 Bus.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Long March 7A | Shiyan 12-01 & 02

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Dec. 23, 2021, 10:12 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Chinese experimental satellites. Details TBD.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Long March 7A | Shiyan 9 (XJY-6-02)

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
March 11, 2021, 5:51 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Unknown Chinese "technological validation" satellite; rumored to be new optical observation satellite in GEO.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Long March 7A | TJS-6 (Maiden Flight)

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
March 16, 2020, 1:34 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

This is the first flight of the Long March 7A which is a new configuration of the Long March 7 launch vehicle. The difference is that 7A variant includes an additional third stage, allowing the rocket to perform GTO launches. This is also the first mission out of Wenchang cosmodrome in 2020.

Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit
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