Long March 10B | Demo Flight
First launch of the Long March 10B rocket and first ever successful rocket booster recovery of a Chinese launch vehicle.
Payloads on board is TBD.
The Long March 10B is a reusable launch vehicle based on the 1st stage of the Long March 10A, in turn derived from a single 1st stage core of the Long March 10, with 7 YF-100 series kerosene/liquid oxygen staged-combustion cycle engines on the 1st stage. Like the Long March 10A, the 10B’s 1st stage is designed to be recovered downrange by a recovery barge equipped with an arrestor net and support frame, with the 1st stage landing on the net’s cables using its grid fins. The 2nd stage, however, uses a single YF-219 gas generator cycle methane/liquid oxygen engine with 140 tonnes of thrust. The Long March 10B became China's first orbital launch vehicle with its first stage booster being recovered, during its first launch on 10 July 2026.
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Mission Profile
Demo Flight was a Long March 10B mission operated by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation that lifted off from Commercial LC-2, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China on July 10, 2026. The flight carried its payload on a test flight mission to Low Earth Orbit. The mission flew on first stage LM-10B F1. The launch was a success.