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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
783
upcoming
32
success
95%

7 spaceports

Where China’s launches lift off.

past launches
761
upcoming
+31
TaiyuanWenchangHainanJiuquanXichang
19692030
Jiuquan
286 +7
Xichang
240 +9
Taiyuan
158 +6
Wenchang
69 +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
66130
Kuaizhou
State-operated
39-
Ceres
Galactic Energy
24-
Kinetica
State-operated
16-
Jielong
State-operated
121
Hyperbola
i-Space
10-
Zhuque
LandSpace
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. Jul 22 202602:54 UTC
    Jul 22 2026
    02:54 UTC
    Dongpo 13-14
    Orienspace Success
  2. Jul 23 202612:00 UTC
    Jul 23 2026
    12:00 UTC
    Tianlian-2 06
    Success
  3. Jul 23 202623:33 UTC
    Jul 23 2026
    23:33 UTC
    Chenguang-1
    Success
  4. Jul 29 202611:50 UTC
    Jul 29 2026
    11:50 UTC
    Tianlian III-01
    Success
  5. Jul 30 202601:00 UTC
    Jul 30 2026
    01:00 UTC
    TJS-27A-B
    Success
  6. Now Jul 31 · 2026

  7. Upcoming

  8. Aug 2026
    Aug 2026
    Chang'e 7
    Next
  9. Q3 2026
    Q3 2026
    Mission TBD
  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 783 past 104 in past year
  • State-operated launches 94%
  • Galactic Energy 3%
  • i-Space 1%
  • LandSpace 1%
  • Other (2 providers) 1%

Of China's 783 past launches, State-operated launches has flown 94%, and 90% of every launch in the past year.

State-operated launches

in 2026
48
past launches
733
upcoming
31
2021: 53 launches2022: 60 launches2023: 56 launches2024: 60 launches2025: 82 launches2026: 48 launchesSteady peak 82 · 2025
Flies Long March +5 next in ~1mo

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 ~5mo

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

LandSpace

in 2026
2
past launches
10
2021: 0 launches2022: 1 launch2023: 2 launches2024: 1 launch2025: 3 launches2026: 2 launchesRamping peak 3 · 2025
Operates Zhuque flew ~2mo 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 9d 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 440 flights +32 upcoming
202039202156202264202367202468202593202653 +162027+142028+12029+1

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