SatNet LEO Group 28
Long March 8A, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Commercial LC-1, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Launch time
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Sun 25 Oct, 03:03 CET
02:03 UTC
The rocket put its payload into the planned orbit.
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Launch record updated by LL2
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SatNet LEO Group 28 on Long March 8A. Sun 25 Oct 2026, 02:03 UTC. Reported outcome: Success. Launch site: Commercial LC-1. Source: Launch Library 2.
A batch of 9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group. The constellation will eventually consists of 13000 satellites.
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
Launch context
Generated from source records
SatNet LEO Group 28: Long March 8A, operated by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Pad: Commercial LC-1, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China. Mission type: Communications; target orbit: Low Earth Orbit. Recorded timing: Sun 25 Oct 2026, 02:03 UTC. The source reports a successful launch. 2 schedule moves recorded; last detected 25 Oct 2026. Provider: 120 orbital attempts in our records since 6 Jan 2025, including 51 in 2026 (UTC). Vehicle: 12/12 resolved orbital outcomes succeeded (100%) in our records since 11 Feb 2025. Pad: 15 orbital attempts in our records since 11 Mar 2025.
Partial historical coverage. Records snapshot: .
What these records cover
Partial coverage of stored records, not lifetime or worldwide totals. Counts use known orbital attempts with a source date at or before this snapshot and a status confirming liftoff or an outcome. Scheduled, upstream-missing, suborbital and unknown-orbit records are excluded. Source dates are NET estimates, not verified actual liftoff times.
The vehicle percentage is Success / (Success + Failure + Partial Failure). In Flight and Payload Deployed count as attempts but are excluded from that denominator. Figures describe the stored record at this snapshot, not the vehicle's flight number or a prediction of this launch's outcome.
Launch Library 2 record checked . Recorded timing does not establish actual liftoff; plans can change.
Launch data: The Space Devs (Launch Library 2)Launch timeline
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Slip history
Changes recorded by Space Right Now
Tracking since . 11 recorded changes.
Date moved later or became less certain 2 times.
Net movement of the source estimates: +71.1 hours. This is not a measured launch delay.
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Status changed from In Flight to Success
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Status changed from Go to In Flight
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Date became more certain: from Hour to Minute
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NET moved from Sun 25 Oct, around 01:50 UTC to Sun 25 Oct, 02:03 UTC
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Window close moved from Thu 22 Oct 2026, 03:15 UTC to Sun 25 Oct 2026, 02:32 UTC
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Window opening moved from Thu 22 Oct 2026, 02:50 UTC to Sun 25 Oct 2026, 01:42 UTC
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NET moved from Thu 22 Oct, around 02:57 UTC to Sun 25 Oct, around 01:50 UTC
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Status changed from TBC to Go
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Window close moved from Thu 22 Oct 2026, 05:00 UTC to Thu 22 Oct 2026, 03:15 UTC
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Window opening moved from Thu 22 Oct 2026, 02:00 UTC to Thu 22 Oct 2026, 02:50 UTC
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NET moved from Thu 22 Oct, around 02:00 UTC to Thu 22 Oct, around 02:57 UTC
Source updates from Launch Library 2 (6)
Announcements supplied by LL2 may predate our tracking. They are separate from changes observed by Space Right Now.
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Launch success.
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Liftoff.
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Unofficial Webcast by International Rocket Launches has started
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Delayed to October 25 per new NOTAMs.
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Refined launch window per new NOTAMs.
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Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities uncertain.
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Launch pad
Commercial LC-1
Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China (CN)
Coordinates: 19.597275, 110.930753
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