On December 22, 2020 at 04:37 UTC the Chang Zheng-8 (Long March-8) rocket-carrier was launched from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center (WSLC), located in Wenchang on Hainan Island off China’s southern coastline. This new Chinese rocket-carrier successfully placed five payloads into orbit on its first mission, debuting an expendable booster intended to eventually be outfitted for recovery and reuse. The “Long March-8” rocket is designed to carry a payload of about 4.5 tons to a 700-kilometer-high polar sun-synchronous orbit.