Photo: Cristóbal Alvarado Minic · CC BY 2.0
At Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center
Unannounced payload
Latest Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities uncertain.
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About this launch
What flies on this launch hasn't been made public yet. Launches like this often get a name only after liftoff.
Where to watch
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Questions
When does Unannounced payload launch?
Unannounced payload is scheduled to launch on 18 Nov 2026 around 23:00 UTC. The exact time isn't set yet; the page updates as soon as it is.
Where can I watch Unannounced payload live?
No live stream has been announced yet. The launch page adds it as soon as there is one, usually a day or a few hours before liftoff.
Where does Unannounced payload launch from?
Unannounced payload launches from Launch Complex 9 at Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
What rocket launches Unannounced payload?
Unannounced payload flies on Long March 2D, launched by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
More about this launch
Flight profileThe climb, seen from the side · 3D replay on the globe
Weather at the padClear · -10 °C · wind 8 km/h
Forecast for liftoff time, from a six-hour outlook
Clear
- Temperature
- -10 °C · 14 °F
- Wind
- 8 km/h · 5 mph from W
- Cloud cover
- 0%
- Rain
- none
General forecast by MET Norway (CC BY 4.0). Each launch range applies its own, stricter weather rules.
Launch window and padLaunch Complex 9 · Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Window
- –
- Pad
- Launch Complex 9
- Site
- Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Map
- Open in Google Maps
The pad: its launches and turnaround records → Everything launching from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center →
Orbit and stages, explainedwhat each of the two stages does
How the rocket gets it there
- First stage
- The biggest part of the rocket. It lifts everything off the pad and through the thick lower air, then shuts down and separates at about T+2:40, roughly 65 km up and moving about 9,400 km/h.
- Second stage
- Starts high above most of the air, where its engine works best, and builds the sideways speed for orbit, about 28,000 km/h. It shuts down at about T+9:50 in a first orbit about 450 km up.
Times and heights are typical for this rocket, not this flight's own plan: estimates.
Rocket and boosterLong March 2D
- Vehicle
- Long March 2D
- Reusable
- no
Long March 2D: specs, record and next flights → CASC: all its launches →
Updates1 · latest: Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities uncertain.
- Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities uncertain. source
By the numbers7,442nd orbital launch ever · CASC's 55th this year
- Orbital launch
- 7,442nd ever · 269th of 2026
- CASC
- 625th launch · 55th this year
- Pad
- 81st from Launch Complex 9 · 4th this year
- Pad turnaround
- 60 days 12 h after its previous launch
Counted as if every launch before this one flies on schedule.
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