Astro Radar
CNSA
Time to be confirmed · CNSA
SatNet LEO
Official name: SatNet LEO Group TBD?
Long March 8A · Commercial LC 1, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Liftoff in 7 days 4 h, time to be confirmed
- Liftoff
- Status
- Time to be confirmed
- Vehicle
- Long March 8A
- Pad
- Commercial LC 1
- Location
- Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
- Orbit
- Low Earth
- Mission type
- Communications
- Provider
- CNSA
The mission
Long March 8A is set to launch SatNet LEO Group TBD? for CNSA from Commercial LC 1 in Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China, Fri, Nov 20 · 11:00 AM UTC, a time still to be confirmed. Target orbit: Low Earth. Mission type: Communications. It is CNSA's 626th launch.
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 description from Launch Library 2.
See it on the radar: the countdown, the flight path and where to look from your ZIP code.
Can I see it?
Set your ZIP code on the radar to see how far you are from the pad.
Liftoff is in the dark at the pad. You would see the engine flame, which fades quickly with distance: people usually see it from within about 249 mi (400 km).
It should head northeast from the pad. We guess the heading from the target orbit, so the real path can differ.
Whether you can see it depends on where you are, the weather and the exact time. Open it on Astro Radar with your ZIP code for a modeled estimate of where to look, worked out for every second of the flight. It is an estimate, not a promise.
Watch it with friends
Send SatNet LEO Group TBD? · Long March 8A to a group chat on Astro, or make it a plan: Astro opens a new plan called Watch SatNet LEO Group TBD? · Long March 8A with the day and time filled in, for a group or a friend. The time is still to be confirmed, so check it again before the day.
Astro asks you to sign in first, then brings you back to this launch. It gets only the launch's name, time and link, and only when you press the button. Astro is for people 18 and older.
From Launch Library 2, as of Nov 13, 6:26 AM UTC. Times and status can change; the radar has the latest.