China launches Long March 12 to deploy SatNet satellites
China successfully launched a Long March 12 Y8 from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on Hainan on August 16 around 04:10 UTC, placing a cluster of SatNet satellites into low Earth orbit. The flight advances China’s planned SatNet internet constellation, which the article says will eventually include thousands of broadband satellites and could compete with large systems such as SpaceX's Starlink. The mission came days after a Long March 7A failure on August 10 that exploded about 85 seconds after liftoff while carrying ChinaSat-4B, and investigators must determine that rocket’s cause before returning it to service.
China launched new SatNet satellites into low Earth orbit.
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A Long March 7A exploded on August 10 about 85 seconds after liftoff. Then China launched a Long March 12 on August 16, and engineers will investigate the failed rocket before it returns to service.
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