launched from China

ChinaSat 4B

Failure
AUG 10202612:02:00 UTC

The Long March 7A broke up roughly 85 seconds into flight, during the combined burn of its first stage and four boosters, destroying the ChinaSat 4B satellite. It was the rocket's first failure since its March 2020 maiden flight, which had also been lost.

launched from LC-2 Wenchang

aboard Long March 7A 7A-Y? into GSO

Payload

ChinaSat 4B (Shen Tong 3B)

Military communications

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