Long March 2D | Unknown Payload
Long March 2D 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 Nov 18, 2026 (UTC).
Launch pad
Launch Complex 9 · Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Long March 2D | Unknown Payload
Launched Nov 19, 2026 7:50:00 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?
Twilight launch: the exhaust plume high up can catch the sunlight and glow like a jellyfish, visible from very far away.
- Beijingabout 429 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)
- Thu, Nov 19 · 7:50:00 AM · in 6.1 days
- Status
- Go
- Launch provider
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Rocket
- Long March 2D
- Mission type
- Unknown
- Target orbit
- N/A
- Launch pad
- Launch Complex 9 · Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China