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Spaceflight 🚀<p>🇨🇳 Launch 🚀 Feb 11, 2025 11:00 CET <a href="https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7518" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nextspaceflight.com/launches/d</span><span class="invisible">etails/7518</span></a></p><p>The <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/LongMarch8A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LongMarch8A</span></a> with increased capability of up to 7 tonnes to a 700 km <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SSO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSO</span></a> can use a larger 5.2 meters diameter 📏 payload fairing. A planned future launch vehicle variant of the <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/LongMarch8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LongMarch8</span></a> will be partially reusable ♻️ by featuring a combined booster recovery of the first stage and the boosters as a single unit <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March_8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Mar</span><span class="invisible">ch_8</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/LongMarch9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LongMarch9</span></a> should have a maximum <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/payload" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>payload</span></a> capacity of 150,000 kg to <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/LEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LEO</span></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March_9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Mar</span><span class="invisible">ch_9</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> preps another rocket that <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Beijing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Beijing</span></a> hopes will become its workhorse<br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LongMarch8A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LongMarch8A</span></a> improves payload by forty percent and comes just a month after <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LongMarch12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LongMarch12</span></a> debut<br>"The Long March-8A is an upgraded version of the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LongMarch8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LongMarch8</span></a> rocket, specifically developed to meet the launch requirements of large-scale constellation networks in medium- and low-Earth orbits," explained Song Zhengyu, chief designer from the developer, China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT). <br><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/12/china_rocket_long_march_8a_broadband/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2024/12/12/chi</span><span class="invisible">na_rocket_long_march_8a_broadband/</span></a></p>