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Demo Flight
Long March 10B
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITEWenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Mission
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.
- Launch vehicle
- Long March 10B
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Destination orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Launch pad
- Commercial LC-2
- Provider
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Recovery
- Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship, The Long March 10B first stage booster has landed on Ling Hang Zhe after its 1st flight. +1
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Long March 10B
The Long March 10B is a reusable launch vehicle based on the 1st stage of the Long March 10A, in turn derived from a single 1st stage core of the Long March 10, with 7 YF-100 series kerosene/liquid oxygen staged-combustion cycle engines on the 1st stage. Like the Long March 10A, the 10B’s 1st stage is designed to be recovered downrange by a recovery barge equipped with an arrestor net and support frame, with the 1st stage landing on the net’s cables using its grid fins. The 2nd stage, however, uses a single YF-219 gas generator cycle methane/liquid oxygen engine with 140 tonnes of thrust. The Long March 10B became China's first orbital launch vehicle with its first stage booster being recovered, during its first launch on 10 July 2026.
- Height
- 63 m
- Diameter
- 5 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 1
- First flight
- 2026-07-10
Core
LM-10B F1
Flight 1NewLanding successful
- Recovery
- Ling Hang Zhe
- Landing method
- Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship
Recorded timing
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Launch site & orbit
Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
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