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China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation / MISSION BRIEFING
Flight 2
Long March 12A · Test Flight
TBD
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Mission overview
Second test launch of CASC/SAST’s Long March 12A rocket. Payload identities are TBD.
- Mission
- Flight 2
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
Timeline
Scheduled event sequence from Launch Library 2. These are planned milestones, not confirmed telemetry. Events remain unconfirmed until a verified source reports them.
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Rocket
Long March 12AChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · ChinaLong March 12A/Changzheng 12A (LM-12A/CZ-12A) is a reusable orbital launch vehicle developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST) of the state-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). The rocket is based on the Long March 12, but extensively re-designed for first stage re-usability, and use of gas generator cycle methane/liquid oxygen powered rocket engines in both stages. The first stage uses 7 Longyun-70 engines designed and manufactured by the private company Jiuzhou Yunjian (JZYJ), while the second stage uses 1 YF-209V engine from CASC's Academy of Aerospace Liquid Propulsion Technology (AALPT). On launch missions where the first stage is recovered, it will land on a down-range landing pad located in Minqin County, Gansu Province.
Payload
Flight 2
Payload details are described in the mission overview. No independently structured payload manifest or payload mass has been provided by the source.
Target orbit
SCHEMATIC · NOT A FLIGHT TRAJECTORY
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Classification
- LEO
Launch site
Long March 12 series Pad
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Latitude
- 40.89160°
- Longitude
- 100.21729°
- Country
- China
- Time zone
- Asia/Shanghai
Live & mission coverage
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Sources
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