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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
791
upcoming
31
success
95%

7 spaceports

Where China’s launches lift off.

past launches
768
upcoming
+30
TaiyuanWenchangHainanJiuquanXichang
19692030
Jiuquan
288 +6
Xichang
240 +9
Taiyuan
160 +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
66630
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-
Pallas
Galactic Energy
1-

Launch activity

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

  1. Aug 16 202621:10 UTC
    Aug 16 2026
    21:10 UTC
    SatNet LEO Group 24
    Success
  2. Aug 17 202603:02 UTC
    Aug 17 2026
    03:02 UTC
    Satellite for Earth Observation
    Success
  3. Aug 18 202623:35 UTC
    Aug 18 2026
    23:35 UTC
    Honghu-03 Broadcast available
    LandSpace Success
  4. Aug 25 202603:21 UTC
    Aug 25 2026
    03:21 UTC
    AIRSAT 14
    Success
  5. Sep 01 202602:00 UTC
    Sep 01 2026
    02:00 UTC
    Pallas maiden flight
    Galactic Energy Success
  6. Now Sep 08 · 2026

  7. Upcoming

  8. Q3 2026
    Q3 2026
    Mission TBA
  9. Q4 2026
    Q4 2026
    Xuntian
  10. 2026
    2026
    BeiDou-3 M29-30
  11. 2026
    2026
    Fengyun 3I
  12. 2026
    2026
    Fengyun 4 MW

Launch providers

5 commercial providers and state-operated launches from China

Provider mix 791 past 101 in past year
  • State-operated launches 93%
  • Galactic Energy 3%
  • LandSpace 1%
  • i-Space 1%
  • Other (2 providers) 1%

Of China's 791 past launches, State-operated launches has flown 93%, and 90% of every launch in the past year.

State-operated launches

in 2026
54
past launches
739
upcoming
31
2021: 53 launches2022: 60 launches2023: 56 launches2024: 60 launches2025: 82 launches2026: 54 launchesSteady peak 82 · 2025
Flies Long March +5 next in 22d

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 8d ago

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 21d 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
1
past launches
3
2021: 0 launches2022: 0 launches2023: 0 launches2024: 1 launch2025: 1 launch2026: 1 launchRamping peak 1 · 2024
Operates Gravity flew ~2mo 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 448 flights +31 upcoming
202039202156202264202367202468202593202661 +152027+142028+12029+1

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