The launch industry just hit a cadence that makes daily launches look slow. china flew two rocket…
the launch industry just hit a cadence that makes daily launches look slow. china flew two rocket missions in one day on september 24, a long march 6a carrying yaogan 40 satellites from taiyuan and a long march 8a with internet satellites from hainan, pushing the long march family past 670 flights, while lijian 1 orbited nine satellites three days earlier.
the next barrier is launch sites, not rockets.
Context
Verified source: China's space agency news (Sep 24, 2026) and CASC report a Long March 6A launched Yaogan-40 satellites from Taiyuan at 16:46 China time on Sep 24. SpaceNews (Oct 1, 2026) says China completed its ninth and tenth launches of September with Guowang and Yaogan satellites, and that a Long March 8A lifted off from Hainan at 1332 UTC on Sept. 23.
The Sep 24 Long March 6A and Yaogan-40 launch from Taiyuan match CASC and Xinhua. SpaceNews dates the Long March 8A Guowang launch to Sept. 23 (1332 UTC), so 'two missions on Sept 24' does not match its report. That the Long March family passed 670 flights, and the Lijian-1 nine-satellite launch three days earlier, were not seen in the sources read, so unsupported here, not refuted. in the excerpts read. 'The next barrier is launch sites' is the author's opinion.
Related work
- Long March 6A Yaogan-40 launch, CASC ↗Official launch report in Chinese.
Watch next
- Check a launch log for the Long March flight count and the Lijian-1 date.
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