State-operated launches
- in 2026
- 69
- past launches
- 754
- upcoming
- 35
Steady peak 82 · 2025
China
Active spacefaring nation
Long March rockets fly China's state missions: the Long March 2 carries Tiangong crews and military satellites, and the Long March 5 lifts the station's modules and the Moon sample-return probes. In 2024, Chang'e 6 brought back the first samples ever collected from the far side of the Moon.
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Programme since 1970
1970 to 2029
- Other (20 rockets)
- , Long March 2 since 1974
- , Long March 3 since 1984
- , Long March 4 since 1988
- launches
- 812
- upcoming3 with a date
- 35
- success
- 95%
- launches
- 812
- upcoming3 with a date
- 35
- success
- 95%
- providers
- 5
- spaceports
- 8
8 spaceports
Where China’s launches lift off.
19692030
Jiuquan
297 +9
Xichang
241 +9
Taiyuan
163 +5
Wenchang
78 +10
South China Sea Platform
5 +1
East China Sea Platform
3
Hainan
1
Undisclosed
1
19692030
Fleet overview
23 rockets in China's fleet
| Long March 2 State-operated | 236 | 6 |
| Long March 3 State-operated | 177 | 10 |
| Long March 4 State-operated | 120 | 7 |
| Long March 6 State-operated | 45 | - |
| Kuaizhou State-operated | 40 | - |
| Long March 7 State-operated | 29 | 1 |
| Ceres Galactic Energy | 26 | - |
| Long March 8 State-operated | 19 | 1 |
| Long March 5 State-operated | 18 | 7 |
| Kinetica State-operated | 18 | - |
| Long March 11 State-operated | 18 | - |
| Jielong State-operated | 13 | 1 |
| Zhuque LandSpace | 13 | - |
| Long March 12 State-operated | 12 | 2 |
| Hyperbola i-Space | 10 | - |
| Gravity Orienspace | 4 | - |
| OS-X OneSpace | 3 | - |
| Long March 10 State-operated | 2 | - |
| Tianlong State-operated | 2 | - |
| Pallas Galactic Energy | 1 | - |
Launch activity
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- Now Nov 09 · 2026
Upcoming
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Launch providers
5 commercial providers and state-operated launches from China
- State-operated launches 93%
- Galactic Energy 3%
- LandSpace 2%
- i-Space 1%
- Other (2 providers) 1%
Of China's 812 past launches, State-operated launches has flown 93%, and 86% of every launch in the past year.
Galactic Energy
- in 2026
- 5
- past launches
- 27
Steady peak 7 · 2023
LandSpace
- in 2026
- 5
- past launches
- 13
Ramping peak 5 · 2026
i-Space
- past launches
- 10
Winding down peak 2 · 2021
Orienspace
- in 2026
- 2
- past launches
- 4
Ramping peak 2 · 2026
Inactive for 3+ years: OneSpace (4 launches, last 2021).
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