{"id":2980,"date":"2026-03-09T14:54:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/chinese-long-march-8a-y8-rocket-transported-to-launch-pad-in-south-china\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T14:54:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:54:53","slug":"chinese-long-march-8a-y8-rocket-transported-to-launch-pad-in-south-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/chinese-long-march-8a-y8-rocket-transported-to-launch-pad-in-south-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Long March-8A Y8 rocket transported to launch pad in south China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p  >The Long March-8A Y8 carrier rocket, developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, has been successfully transported to its launch pad in south China&#8217;s Hainan Province.<\/p>\n<p  >The rocket was vertically transported to the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site on Saturday. It is now positioned at Launch Pad No. 1 and is scheduled for launch in the coming days, China Media Group reported on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p  >The Long March-8A is a significantly improved model within the Long March-8 series. Featuring a payload capacity of 7 tonnes to a 700-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit, it is specifically designed for high-density and rapid satellite deployment.<\/p>\n<p  >Since its maiden flight in February 2025, this rocket variant has entered a high-density launch rhythm and has successfully completed seven missions. It serves as a core launch vehicle for the construction of China&#8217;s satellite internet constellation, according to the report, which added that approximately 15 launches are planned for the Long March-8 series in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Long March-8A Y8 carrier rocket, developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, has been successfully transported to its launch pad in south China&#8217;s Hainan Province. The rocket was vertically transported to the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site on Saturday. It is now positioned at Launch Pad No. 1 and is scheduled for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2980"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2980\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}