Long March
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Chinese national family of orbital launch rockets
Long March is China's whole orbital programme — a family of rockets that lifts everything from Tiangong station crew to lunar probes and military satellites. In 2024 a Long March 5 sent Chang'e 6 to bring back the first samples ever collected from the far side of the Moon.
We track every Long March launch.
Long March
updated 1 day ago
Chinese national family of orbital launch rockets
Long March is China's whole orbital programme — a family of rockets that lifts everything from Tiangong station crew to lunar probes and military satellites. In 2024 a Long March 5 sent Chang'e 6 to bring back the first samples ever collected from the far side of the Moon.
We track every Long March launch.
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Long March launch activity
Past launches and what's coming up View 2026 launches →
- Aug 04 202608:52 UTCAug 04 202608:52 UTC
- Aug 10 202612:02 UTCAug 10 202612:02 UTC
- Aug 16 202621:10 UTCAug 16 202621:10 UTC
- Aug 17 202603:02 UTCAug 17 202603:02 UTC
- Aug 25 202603:21 UTCAug 25 202603:21 UTC
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