Орбітальний запуск РН Long March 8A, developed by the Chinese Research Institute of Missile Technology to start the amount of weight up to 7000 kg in sunny synchronous orbit in height 700 km planned for 25 August 2025 the year from the LC -1 LCD -1 commercial spaceport of Wenchan, PRC. Information on the useful load is not reported.
30 July 2025 The year launched the Long March 8A rocket from a new commercial launch area LC-1 Venchan Space-1. Underload - a party, which is operated by China Satellite Network Group. The constellation will eventually consist of 13000 satellites.
The rocket is based on the Long March version 7 with her first degree and two accelerators, as well as the third degree of Long March 3, that works on liquid water, and Long March 7a as a second degree. The planned future version of Long March rocket launcher 8 will be partially reusable due to the combined recovery of the first degree and accelerators as a single block. Fuel, that is used on the first degree - kerosene and liquid oxygen. The second degree works on liquid water and liquid oxygen.
The rocket is equipped with a greater second degree of diameter 3,35 м та двома модернізованими двигунами YF-75D (відомими як YF-75H) зі збільшеною до 10 тонн тягою кожного за рахунок збільшення швидкості обертання турбонасосів. Long March 8A can also use a larger payload with a diameter load 5,2 meters.
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