China

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 less than an hour ago.

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
launches
803
upcomingnone with a date yet
32
success
95%

8 spaceports

Where China’s launches lift off.

TaiyuanWenchangHainanJiuquanXichang
19692030
Jiuquan
294 +8
Xichang
240 +9
Taiyuan
162 +5
Wenchang
75 +8
South China Sea Platform
5 +1
East China Sea Platform
3
Hainan
1
Undisclosed
1
19692030

Fleet overview

13 rockets in China's fleet

Long March
State-operated
67231
Kuaizhou
State-operated
40-
Ceres
Galactic Energy
24-
Kinetica
State-operated
17-
Jielong
State-operated
131
Zhuque
LandSpace
13-
Hyperbola
i-Space
10-
Gravity
Orienspace
4-
OS-X
OneSpace
3-
Tianlong
State-operated
2-
Pallas
Galactic Energy
1-

Launch activity

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

  1. Sep 20 202604:03 UTC
    Sep 20 2026
    04:03 UTC
    Success
  2. Sep 23 202613:32 UTC
    Sep 23 2026
    13:32 UTC
    Success
  3. Sep 24 202608:46 UTC
    Sep 24 2026
    08:46 UTC
    Success
  4. Oct 09 202619:27 UTC
    Oct 09 2026
    19:27 UTC
    Success
  5. Oct 14 202611:40 UTC
    Oct 14 2026
    11:40 UTC
    LandSpace Success
  6. Now Oct 20 · 2026
  7. Upcoming

  8. Oct 2026
    Oct 2026
    Next
  9. Q4 2026
    Q4 2026
  10. 2026
    2026
  11. 2026
    2026
  12. 2026
    2026

Launch providers

5 commercial providers and state-operated launches from China

Provider mix 803 past 100 in past year
  • State-operated launches 93%
  • Galactic Energy 3%
  • LandSpace 2%
  • i-Space 1%
  • Other (2 providers) 1%

Of China's 803 past launches, State-operated launches has flown 93%, and 88% of every launch in the past year.

State-operated launches

in 2026
62
past launches
747
upcoming
32
2021: 53 launches2022: 60 launches2023: 56 launches2024: 60 launches2025: 82 launches2026: 62 launchesSteady peak 82 · 2025
Flies Long March +5 next in 12d

Galactic Energy

in 2026
3
past launches
25
2021: 1 launch2022: 2 launches2023: 7 launches2024: 5 launches2025: 6 launches2026: 3 launchesSteady peak 7 · 2023
Operates Ceres +1 flew ~2mo ago

LandSpace

in 2026
5
past launches
13
2021: 0 launches2022: 1 launch2023: 2 launches2024: 1 launch2025: 3 launches2026: 5 launchesRamping peak 5 · 2026
Operates Zhuque flew 6d ago

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
2
past launches
4
2021: 0 launches2022: 0 launches2023: 0 launches2024: 1 launch2025: 1 launch2026: 2 launchesRamping peak 2 · 2026
Operates Gravity flew ~1mo ago

Inactive for 3+ years: OneSpace (4 launches, last 2021).

Full launch history

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1970s 6 flights
197011971119741197511976119781
1980s 14 flights
2020s 460 flights +32 upcoming

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