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Flight 2
Long March 12A
October 2026 · day pending
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LAUNCH SITEJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Mission
Second test launch of CASC/SAST’s Long March 12A rocket. Payload identities are TBD.
- Launch vehicle
- Long March 12A
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Destination orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Launch pad
- Long March 12 series Pad
- Provider
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Recovery
- Vertical Landing, The Long March 12A first stage booster will attempt to land on its downrange landing pad. +1
The vehicle
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Launch vehicle
Long March 12A
Long 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.
- Height
- 69 m
- Diameter
- 3.8 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 1
- First flight
- 2025-12-23
Core
Unknown12A
Landing planned
- Recovery
- Long March 12A Landing Site
- Landing method
- Vertical Landing
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Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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