#longmarch8 — Public Fediverse posts

#Xinhua:
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China launched a Long March-8 carrier rocket on April 7 in the southern island province of Hainan, sending 18 internet satellites into space.

The rocket blasted off at 9:32 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site. It successfully placed the payloads, the 7th batch of networking satellites for the Qianfan Constellation, into preset orbit.
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8.4.2026

#China #CZ8 #LM8 #LongMarch8 #Qianfan #Raumfahrt #Satelliten #SpaceFlight

#China preps another rocket that #Beijing hopes will become its workhorse
#LongMarch8A improves payload by forty percent and comes just a month after #LongMarch12 debut
"The Long March-8A is an upgraded version of the #LongMarch8 rocket, specifically developed to meet the launch requirements of large-scale constellation networks in medium- and low-Earth orbits," explained Song Zhengyu, chief designer from the developer, China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT).
https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/12/china_rocket_long_march_8a_broadband/