Long March 6

As of November 1, 2020, counting the 10 satellites India launched over the weekend, the GPS 3 satellite launched by SpaceX on November 5, and roughly a dozen satellites launched by a Chinese Long March 6 on November 6, the number of satellites launched in 2020 has surpassed 1,100.

ThrustMe is preparing to conduct an in-orbit demonstration of an iodine electric propulsion system on a 12-unit Spacety cubesat launched 2020-11-06 at 10:19 Eastern time on a Chinese Long March 6 rocket.

A Long March 6 rocket launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 10:19 p.m. Eastern on 2020-11-05 and deployed 13 satellites into a sun-synchronous orbit.

Satellogic selected the Long March 6 for the 2020-11-05 launch based on the best combination of price and availability for its satellites at the time.

The primary payload on the 2020-11-05 Long March 6 launch was a set of 10 ÑuSat imaging satellites for Buenos Aires-based Satellogic.

BEIHANGKONGSHI-1 satellite was launched on 2020-11-06 at 04:20 a.m. Paris time on a Long March 6 (CZ-6) rocket from Taiyuan, China.

A Long March 6 was expected to launch nine satellites for Satellogic, headquartered in Buenos Aires, on 2020-10-14.

The Long March 5, Long March 6, and Long March 7 variants use combinations of liquid hydrogen or kerosene fuel with liquid oxygen and are part of a new generation of Chinese launch vehicles.

A new variant of the Long March 6 developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology was expected later in 2020.

Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology may hold a test flight of the Long March 6A in 2020 with a core stage using a pair of 120-ton-thrust engines and four solid side boosters.

A three-stage Long March 6 launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 1:25 a.m. Eastern Wednesday.

The Long March 6 can deliver up to 1,000 kg to a 700-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.

The Long March 6 uses kerosene and liquid oxygen propellant for its first two stages and was designed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology.

Argentina-based Satellogic plans to launch up to 90 remote sensing smallsats on as many as six Long March 6 rockets under a contract with China Great Wall Industry Corporation.

Satellogic plans to launch 13 satellites on a dedicated Long March 6 rocket in 2020-07-01.

The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology and the Shanghai Academy of Space Technology, both belonging to CASC, are developing vertical takeoff and vertical landing launch vehicles including the new Long March 8 and a variant of the Long March 6 using kerosene and liquid oxygen.

The 29-meter-tall Long March 6 can loft over 1,000 kg into a sun-synchronous orbit and has a 2.6-meter-diameter fairing.

SAST plans to conduct three launches of the Long March 6 in 2019.