#longmarch8a — Public Fediverse posts
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China ends month-long launch hiatus with separate Guowang and Shiyan-30 satellite missions
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China hits 90 launches as Guowang deployment continues, Fengyun-4C heads to GEO
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China launches 4 times in 4 days, boosting megaconstellation and surveillance assets
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China launches 12th group of Guowang broadband satellites as rocket milestone highlights accelerating launch rate
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🇨🇳 Launch 🚀 Feb 11, 2025 11:00 CET https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7518
The #LongMarch8A with increased capability of up to 7 tonnes to a 700 km #SSO can use a larger 5.2 meters diameter 📏 payload fairing. A planned future launch vehicle variant of the #LongMarch8 will be partially reusable ♻️ by featuring a combined booster recovery of the first stage and the boosters as a single unit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March_8
#LongMarch9 should have a maximum #payload capacity of 150,000 kg to #LEO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March_9
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#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/