Demo Flight

Overview

Destination: Unknown
Mission: Test Flight

Unknown Long March 12 series Pad Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

First test launch of CASC’s Long March 12B rocket.

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Jan. 16, 2026, 12:29 p.m.

Added launch.


Long March 12B

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Long March 12B/Changzheng 12B (LM-12B/CZ-12B) is a reusable orbital launch vehicle developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Commercial Launch Vehicle Group (CACL), a subsidiary company of the state-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). The rocket is based on the Long March 12, but extensively re-designed for first stage re-usability, and use of gas generator cycle kerosene/liquid oxygen powered rocket engines in both stages. The first stage uses 9 YF-102R engines and the second stage uses 1 YF-102V engine, both from CASC's Academy of Aerospace Liquid Propulsion Technology (AALPT). On launch missions where the first stage is recovered, it will land on a down-range landing pad located in Minqin County, Gansu Province.

Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    72.0 m
  • Diameter
    4.37 m
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
  • Thrust
    7940.0 kN
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  • Name
    Long March 12B
  • Family
  • Variant
  • Alias
    CZ-12B
  • Full Name
    Long March 12B
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    20000.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    15000.0 kg

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

(CASC)

Chairman & President: Lei Fanpei Founded: 1999 Successes: 578 Failures: 15 Pending: 9

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The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.

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