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Active spacefaring nation

Long March does the heavy lifting for China's state missions — the Tiangong station, lunar probes, military satellites. In 2024, Chang'e 6 brought back the first samples ever collected from the far side of the Moon.

We track every launch from China. Data updated 6 hours ago.

Next launch in 3 daysAug 24

Programme since 1970
1970 to 2029
  • Long March since 1970
  • , Other (10 rockets)
  • , Kuaizhou since 2013
  • , Ceres since 2020
1970 first launch 2025 peak (93 launches) Galactic Energy leading provider
launcheshome and abroad
789
upcoming
32
success
95%

7 spaceports

Where China’s launches lift off.

past launches
766
upcoming
+31
TaiyuanWenchangHainanJiuquanXichang
19692030
Jiuquan
287 +7
Xichang
240 +9
Taiyuan
159 +6
Wenchang
72 +8
South China Sea Platform
5 +1
East China Sea Platform
2
Hainan
1
19692030

Fleet overview

13 rockets in China's fleet

Long March
State-operated
66530
Kuaizhou
State-operated
39-
Ceres
Galactic Energy
24-
Kinetica
State-operated
16-
Jielong
State-operated
131
Zhuque
LandSpace
11-
Hyperbola
i-Space
10-
Gravity
Orienspace
3-
OS-X
OneSpace
2-
Tianlong
State-operated
2-

Launch activity

Past launches and what's coming up View 2026 launches →

  1. Aug 05 202602:38 UTC
    Aug 05 2026
    02:38 UTC
    Lampung-1 & Samarkand 2028
    Success
  2. Aug 10 202612:02 UTC
    Aug 10 2026
    12:02 UTC
    ChinaSat 4B
    Failed
  3. Aug 16 202621:10 UTC
    Aug 16 2026
    21:10 UTC
    SatNet LEO Group 24
    Success
  4. Aug 17 202603:02 UTC
    Aug 17 2026
    03:02 UTC
    Satellite for Earth Observation
    Success
  5. Aug 18 202623:35 UTC
    Aug 18 2026
    23:35 UTC
    Zhuque-3 Y2 Broadcast available
    LandSpace Success
  6. Now Aug 20 · 2026

  7. Upcoming

  8. Aug 24 202600:00 UTC
    Aug 24 2026
    00:00 UTC
    Chang'e 7
  9. Q3 2026
    Q3 2026
    Mission TBA
  10. Q4 2026
    Q4 2026
    Xuntian
  11. 2026
    2026
    BeiDou-3 M29-30
  12. 2026
    2026
    Fengyun 3I

Launch providers

5 commercial providers and state-operated launches from China

Provider mix 789 past 103 in past year
  • State-operated launches 94%
  • Galactic Energy 3%
  • LandSpace 1%
  • i-Space 1%
  • Other (2 providers) 1%

Of China's 789 past launches, State-operated launches has flown 94%, and 90% of every launch in the past year.

State-operated launches

in 2026
53
past launches
738
upcoming
31
2021: 53 launches2022: 60 launches2023: 56 launches2024: 60 launches2025: 82 launches2026: 53 launchesSteady peak 82 · 2025
Flies Long March +5 next in 4d

Galactic Energy

in 2026
2
past launches
24
upcoming
1
2021: 1 launch2022: 2 launches2023: 7 launches2024: 5 launches2025: 6 launches2026: 2 launchesSteady peak 7 · 2023
Operates Ceres +1 next in ~4mo

LandSpace

in 2026
3
past launches
11
2021: 0 launches2022: 1 launch2023: 2 launches2024: 1 launch2025: 3 launches2026: 3 launchesRamping peak 3 · 2025
Operates Zhuque flew yesterday

i-Space

past launches
10
2021: 2 launches2022: 1 launch2023: 2 launches2024: 1 launch2025: 1 launch2026: 0 launchesWinding down peak 2 · 2021
Operates Hyperbola flew 1y ago

Orienspace

in 2026
1
past launches
3
2021: 0 launches2022: 0 launches2023: 0 launches2024: 1 launch2025: 1 launch2026: 1 launchRamping peak 1 · 2024
Operates Gravity flew 29d ago

Inactive for 3+ years: OneSpace (3 launches, last 2019).

Full launch history

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1970s 6 flights
197011971119741197511976119781
1980s 14 flights
19821198311984319851198621987219884
1990s 39 flights
19905199111992419931199451995319964199761998619994
2000s 64 flights
2000520011200252003720048200552006620071020081120096
2010s 220 flights
201015201119201219201315201416201519201622201718201843201934
2020s 446 flights +32 upcoming
202039202156202264202367202468202593202659 +162027+142028+12029+1

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