China Smart Dragon-3 Commercial Rocket Sea Launch of Ten CentiSpace-2 Satellites
🔥🚀Liftoff! China launched a Smart Dragon-3 carrier rocket, also known as Jielong-3, from the waters near the city of Haiyang in east China's Shandong Province on Sunday, March 22, 2026, sending the satellite group CentiSpace-2 into the planned orbit with a total of ten satellites.
The launch marks the 10th flight mission of the Smart Dragon-3 carrier rocket model.
The offshore launch mission was carried out by the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (TSLC).
The Smart Dragon-3 is a four-stage, solid-propellant carrier rocket designed primarily for commercial launch missions. It can be launched from sea and land.
Smart Dragon has the capability to deliver 1,560 kg to a 500 km Sun-synchronous orbit. Smart Dragon-3 has a length of approximately 31 meters with a weight of 140 tons at liftoff.
The Jielong-3 rocket was developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), a subsidiary of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the country’s state-owned main space contractor. The four-stage rocket is operated by China Rocket Co. Ltd., a commercial spinoff from CASC.
This commercial launch mission with multiple satellites onboard, showcases the Smart Dragon's core advantages in payload adaptability, application scenarios, and commercial service capabilities.
Date: March 22, 2026
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