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 6 hours 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 19 · 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 13d

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 5d 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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