China SatNet launches 26th GuoWang satellite group from Hainan
Nine more GuoWang broadband satellites reached orbit on a Long March-8A from Hainan.
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what happened
A Long March-8A rocket lifted off from the Hainan Commercial Space Launch Site at 21:32 Beijing time (13:32 UTC) on Sept. 23 carrying nine GuoWang broadband satellites for China Satellite Network Group, the constellation's 26th deployment group, per Launch Library 2 and 21jingji.com. The satellites reached their planned orbit, per 21jingji.com; the eventual constellation size is planned at 13,000 satellites, per Launch Library 2.
why it matters
Every routine GuoWang batch narrows the head start Western constellations like Starlink hold in deployed capacity, a buildout Western operators and regulators track regardless of individual launch cadence.
signal-to-noise
WIDELY REPORTED
4/5
leadtier 4 of 5 on its owncorrobsources attached, no lift earned
calculation
4base tier 4 from lead source class "aggregator" (Launch Library 2 (TheSpaceDevs)) ll.thespacedevs.com
= 4current score, recomputed by the engine on every change
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quick facts
- Companies
- China SatNet
- Category
- launch
- Impact
- noise
- SNR
- 4 / 5
- Event date
- 2026-09-23
- Published
- 2026-09-23 17:29 UTC