{"id":43713,"date":"2026-03-09T12:59:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T07:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=43713"},"modified":"2026-03-09T12:59:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T07:14:16","slug":"chinese-long-march-8a-y8-rocket-transported-to-launch-pad-in-south-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/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":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><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":43714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43713"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43713"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43715,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43713\/revisions\/43715"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}