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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 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
launcheshome and abroad
800
upcoming
32
success
95%

7 spaceports

Where China’s launches lift off.

past launches
777
upcoming
+31
TaiyuanWenchangHainanJiuquanXichang
19692030
Jiuquan
292 +7
Xichang
240 +9
Taiyuan
162 +6
Wenchang
74 +8
South China Sea Platform
5 +1
East China Sea Platform
3
Hainan
1
19692030

Fleet overview

13 rockets in China's fleet

Long March
State-operated
67131
Kuaizhou
State-operated
40-
Ceres
Galactic Energy
24-
Kinetica
State-operated
17-
Jielong
State-operated
131
Zhuque
LandSpace
12-
Hyperbola
i-Space
10-
Gravity
Orienspace
4-
OS-X
OneSpace
2-
Tianlong
State-operated
2-
Pallas
Galactic Energy
1-

Launch activity

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

  1. Sep 17 202602:40 UTC
    Sep 17 2026
    02:40 UTC
    Tianyi 51-52
    Success
  2. Sep 19 202610:50 UTC
    Sep 19 2026
    10:50 UTC
    PIESAT-2 13-16
    Success
  3. Sep 20 202604:03 UTC
    Sep 20 2026
    04:03 UTC
    Qinling 01-02
    Success
  4. Sep 23 202613:32 UTC
    Sep 23 2026
    13:32 UTC
    SatNet LEO Group 26
    Success
  5. Sep 24 202608:46 UTC
    Sep 24 2026
    08:46 UTC
    Yaogan 40-04
    Success
  6. Now Sep 29 · 2026

  7. Upcoming

  8. Oct 2026
    Oct 2026
    Long March 12A-Y2
    Next
  9. Q4 2026
    Q4 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 800 past 103 in past year
  • State-operated launches 93%
  • Galactic Energy 3%
  • LandSpace 2%
  • i-Space 1%
  • Other (2 providers) 1%

Of China's 800 past launches, State-operated launches has flown 93%, and 88% of every launch in the past year.

State-operated launches

in 2026
61
past launches
746
upcoming
32
2021: 53 launches2022: 60 launches2023: 56 launches2024: 60 launches2025: 82 launches2026: 61 launchesSteady peak 82 · 2025
Flies Long March +5 next in ~1mo

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 28d ago

LandSpace

in 2026
4
past launches
12
2021: 0 launches2022: 1 launch2023: 2 launches2024: 1 launch2025: 3 launches2026: 4 launchesRamping peak 4 · 2026
Operates Zhuque flew 14d 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 13d 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 457 flights +32 upcoming
202039202156202264202367202468202593202670 +152027+152028+12029+1

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