Long March 6A | Unknown Payload
Long March 6A is scheduled to launch the Unknown Payload mission for China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China, no earlier than Oct 23, 2026 (UTC).
Launch pad
Launch Complex 9A · Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Long March 6A | Unknown Payload
Launched Oct 23, 2026 7:15:00 PMGo
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?
Twilight launch: the exhaust plume high up can catch the sunlight and glow like a jellyfish, visible from very far away.
- Beijingabout 430 km away: look west, low on the horizon
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, Oct 23 · 7:15:00 PM · in 4.8 days
- Status
- Go
- Launch provider
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Rocket
- Long March 6A
- Mission type
- Unknown
- Target orbit
- N/A
- Launch pad
- Launch Complex 9A · Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China