On 22 June 2024 at 07:00 UTC the Long March 2-C rocket blasted off from its launch pad carrying the SVOM satellite into space.

A few minutes later, the satellite was separated from the launcher, and 40 seconds after separation, the solar panels were deployed.

During its 12th orbit, the payload computer was switched on and the parameters of the control and attitude system were adjusted. The VHF transmitter was switched on on 23 June during the 16th orbit and the first packets were received by the Tibet station in Lhasa.

The VT and GRM were powered up on 24 June. ECLAIRs and MXT were powered up on 25 June. The ECLAIRs camera was switched on on 1 July.

The first GRM burst was detected on 27 June.
ECLAIRs detected and located its first burst on 13 July.