Long March 12A (First Orbital Test)
This Long March 12A flight article launched from the Dongfeng commercial space innovation test zone on 23 December 2025. Its second stage reached the planned orbit, but the first stage was not recovered as intended; the flight still returned key engineering data for subsequent recovery work.
Identity
- Aliases
- CZ-12A first-flight vehicleLong March 12A first-stage recovery-test vehicle
- Name
- Long March 12A (First Orbital Test)
- Slug
- long-march-12a-first-orbital-test
- Status
- destroyed
Details
- Description
- This Long March 12A flight article launched from the Dongfeng commercial space innovation test zone on 23 December 2025. Its second stage reached the planned orbit, but the first stage was not recovered as intended; the flight still returned key engineering data for subsequent recovery work.
- Manufacturer Id
- jd7fbrt32syts4rtsgsh4m023n7kqwpa
- Vehicle Family Id
- nd7pavt4v2ycrga65nwnnyq0zx8afjek
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Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/13/2026, 11:48:07 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/13/2026, 11:48:07 AM
Other
- First Flight Date
- 2025-12-23
- Last Flight Date
- 2025-12-23
- Vehicle Code
- CZ-12A