Earth orbit
Long March 12A Demo Flight
First launch of the Long March 12A, which is the partially reusable variant of the Long March 12. Although the planned landing of the reusable booster at a pad roughly 300km downrange of Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center failed, the second stage entered the designated orbit.
Launch succeeded; current mission operations are not tracked by RocketLaunch.Live
View in 3D map ↗The mission
First launch of the Long March 12A, which is the partially reusable variant of the Long March 12. Although the planned landing of the reusable booster at a pad roughly 300km downrange of Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center failed, the second stage entered the designated orbit.
The launch
- Launch
- Dec 23 2025
- Launch location
- TBD, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
- Launch vehicle
- Long March 12A
- Orbit
- Earth orbit
Launch intelligence
A CASC Long March 12A rocket launched the Long March 12A Demo Flight mission on Tuesday, December 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- CASC
- Vehicle
- Long March 12A
- COSPAR launch ID
- Not assigned
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Dec 23, 2025, 02:00 UTC
- Target T-0
- Not published
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Dec 23 2025
- Pad and location
- TBD, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Archived
End date not documented
Launch succeeded; current mission operations are not tracked by RocketLaunch.Live
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