Long March 8A Y8 moved to Hainan commercial launch pad

CASC announced on 11 March that Long March 8A Y8 had been transported to Pad 1 at the Hainan Commercial Space Launch Site and was being prepared for launch when conditions permitted. The release described the transfer as recent, without specifying its exact date or a launch time. The archive therefore uses the announcement date for this reported preparation milestone. It does not turn that date into a confirmed rollout date or infer a precise launch window from the phrase 'in the near future'. A transfer to the pad remains distinct from liftoff, payload insertion and confirmation of mission success. The release also outlined approximately 15 launches planned for the Long March 8 family that year, covering Long March 8 and 8A. That was a plan, not a completed-launch total. The commercial launch site is kept separate from the national Wenchang Space Launch Site. No payload is inferred where the source does not identify one, and subsequent launch reports remain separate events.