Demo Flight

Name: Demo Flight
Start: 2026-07-10T04:15:00.000Z
End: 2026-07-10T04:49:00.000Z
Location: Commercial LC-2

Long March 10B, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Commercial LC-2, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

Launch time

T-0

Fri 10 Jul, 06:15 CEST

04:15 UTC

Minute precision Launch successful

The rocket put its payload into the planned orbit.

Window opens: Fri 10 Jul, 06:02 CEST
Window closes: Fri 10 Jul, 06:49 CEST

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Source updated Sat 12 Sept, 21:05 CEST

Updated 11 Oct, 00:22 CEST

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Slip history

No changes since we started tracking on Sat 10 Oct 2026, 10:32 UTC.

Fri 10 Jul 2026, 05:17 UTCLL2 update
Launch success.
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Fri 10 Jul 2026, 04:19 UTCLL2 update
Liftoff.
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Fri 10 Jul 2026, 03:38 UTCLL2 update
Adjusted T-0 per local reports.
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Thu 9 Jul 2026, 12:44 UTCLL2 update
New launch window per new NOTAMs.
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Fri 3 Jul 2026, 12:35 UTCLL2 update
Refined launch window.
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Fri 26 Jun 2026, 11:58 UTCLL2 update
NET July 10 per NOTAMs; assignment of this particular launch to the listed launch window is uncertain.
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Tue 16 Jun 2026, 11:55 UTCLL2 update
Rumored to be launching NET July.
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Sat 25 Apr 2026, 22:48 UTCLL2 update
NET May.
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Mon 20 Apr 2026, 18:16 UTCLL2 update
NET last days of April, to be confirmed.
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Wed 11 Mar 2026, 15:35 UTCLL2 update
Added launch.
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Mission

Demo Flight on Long March 10B from Commercial LC-2. Launch time, status and recorded date changes from Launch Library 2.

First launch of the Long March 10B rocket and first ever successful rocket booster recovery of a Chinese launch vehicle. This launch also deployed a SatNet LEO constellation test satellite named Chuangxin-26 (CX-26) to LEO.

Mission type: Test Flight
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Launch timeline

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Launch pad

Commercial LC-2

Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China (CN)

Coordinates: 19.59755, 110.936481

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