CASC Long March 10B Demo Flight
Long March 10B
Status
Success
Date
10 JUL 2026
04:15
Launch Provider
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Launch Pad
Commercial LC-2
Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Mission Overview
First launch of the Long March 10B rocket and first ever successful rocket booster recovery of a Chinese launch vehicle. This launch also deployed a SatNet LEO constellation test satellite named Chuangxin-26 (CX-26) to LEO.
Rocket
Long March 10B
Mission Type
Test Flight
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Stages
2
Livestream
Rocket Details
The Long March 10B is a reusable launch vehicle based on the 1st stage of the Long March 10A, in turn derived from a single 1st stage core of the Long March 10, with 7 YF-100 series kerosene/liquid oxygen staged-combustion cycle engines on the 1st stage. Like the Long March 10A, the 10B’s 1st stage is designed to be recovered downrange by a recovery barge equipped with an arrestor net and support frame, with the 1st stage landing on the net’s cables using its grid fins. The 2nd stage, however, uses a single YF-219 gas generator cycle methane/liquid oxygen engine with 140 tonnes of thrust.
Height
63 m
Diameter
5 m
Launch Mass
760 T
Thrust
8,728 kN