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Long March 6A Y24 launched G60/Spacesail Group-18 at 07:08 UTC on October 17 from Taiyuan.
Sixty-three missions of the Long March 2D have launched from Jiuquan, seventeen from Taiyuan, and twenty from Xichang.
Xichang and Taiyuan are expected to have one launch each due to turnaround, estimated no earlier than mid-October.
A Long March 6A lifted off at 1240 UTC from Taiyuan.
In November 2024, a Long March 4B performed the first lower-trajectory flight of the new grid fin design during a launch from Taiyuan.
In May 2024, a Long March 2D launched from Taiyuan to test a new design of grid fins that allows for greater control during descent.
In July 2023, another Long March 2D, flying from Taiyuan, tested another set of four grid fins.
In October 2021, a Long March 2D, flying from Taiyuan, tested four grid fins for the first time.
Launch teams supporting Long March 6A missions have enhanced weather protection measures to address frequent thunderstorms at Taiyuan during this part of the year.
A previous Long March 6A launched from Launch Complex 9A at Taiyuan on August 17, 2025 at 22:15 China Standard Time (14:15 Coordinated Universal Time) headed for a near-polar orbit with another group of internet satellites.
A previous Long March 6A launch from Taiyuan lifted off from Launch Complex 9A at 22:15 China Standard Time (14:15 UTC) on August 17, 2025 headed for a near-polar orbit carrying another group of internet satellites.
Taiyuan supported 13 Chinese launches in 2024 and Wenchang supported nine Chinese launches in 2024.
The latest Long March 6A launched on 2024-07-04 from a specifically constructed launch pad at Taiyuan spaceport.
A Long March 2D rocket launched from Taiyuan spaceport on 2023-07-22 at 10:50 p.m. Eastern to carry GalaxySpace’s Lingxi-03 and Skysight AS-1, AS-2, and AS-3 satellites.
Skysight AS-1, AS-2, and AS-3 were launched as rideshare payloads on the 2023-07-22 Taiyuan mission.
China launched the Gaofen-5 (01A) hyperspectral imaging satellite on a Long March 2D from Taiyuan on 2022-12-08.
A Kuaizhou-1A solid rocket operated by Expace lifted off from Taiyuan at 6:55 p.m. Eastern on 2022-09-24, carrying the Shiyan-14 and Shiyan-15 satellites.
China launched its first Long March 6A from a new launch complex at Taiyuan on March 29, 2022.
The Long March 6A rocket was delivered to the Taiyuan spaceport in late January 2022 and will be China’s first use of a liquid propellant rocket paired with solid rocket boosters.
A new launch complex has been constructed at Taiyuan to support the Long March 6A launcher.