Launch time29 Mar 202209:50 UTC
success
Orbit: LEO
Serial number: 6A-Y1
Maiden flight of Long March 6A, China's first rocket with solid rocket boosters. The vehicle is a further development of the Long March 6, with 2 YF-100 engines on the first stage as opposed to 1 on the Long March 6, augmented by 4 solid rocket boosters. It was also the first launch from the newly built launch complex 9A in Taiyuan.
Rocket Long March6A
launched from Taiyuan, LC-9AChina
Payloads
Name | Purpose | Mass | Comment |
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Pujiang-2 | Earth observation | - | - |
Tiankun-2 | Technology demonstration | - | - |