Long March 2C | Unknown Payload
Long March 2C is scheduled to launch the Unknown Payload mission for China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China, no earlier than Nov 5, 2026 (UTC).
Launch pad
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) · Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Long March 2C | Unknown Payload
Launched Nov 6, 2026 1:00:00 AMGo
Flight direction
90° E
orbit unknown: due east assumed
Flight path
First-stage drop zone (rough estimate)
Drawn 400–700 km downrange along the flight direction. Official hazard areas are published as NOTAMs and navigational warnings.
Can I see it from my city?
Night launch: the flame can be seen as a rising, flickering light from hundreds of kilometers away.
None of the cities on this site is close enough to see it.
Rough guide: clouds, the horizon and the rocket's path decide in the end.
About the mission
Details TBD.
Mission description from Launch Library 2.
- Launch time (your time zone)
- Fri, Nov 6 · 1:00:00 AM · in 6.0 days
- Status
- Go
- Launch provider
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Rocket
- Long March 2C
- Mission type
- Unknown
- Target orbit
- N/A
- Launch pad
- Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) · Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China