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 less than an hour 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 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
- Sep 09 202609:00 UTCSep 09 202609:00 UTC
- Now Sep 12 · 2026
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