Long March 5

updated 16 hours ago

China's first heavy-lift rocket, for station modules and deep-space probes

The rocket behind China's biggest missions: it sent Tianwen-1 to Mars, Chang'e 5 to collect Moon samples, and Chang'e 6, which in 2024 brought back the first samples ever taken from the Moon's far side. Its 5B version launched all three modules of the Tiangong space station.

We track every Long March 5 launch.

Servicesince 2016

20162029

2016first flight2025peak (4 launches)

launches: 18
success: 94%
upcomingnone with a date yet: 7

Long March 5 launch activity

Past launches and what's coming up

Apr 28 202520:10 UTC
Apr 28 2025
20:10 UTC
SatNet LEO Group 03
Success
Aug 13 202506:43 UTC
Aug 13 2025
06:43 UTC
SatNet LEO Group 08
Success
Oct 23 202514:30 UTC
Oct 23 2025
14:30 UTC
TJS-20
Success
Dec 20 202512:30 UTC
Dec 20 2025
12:30 UTC
TJS-23
Success
Jun 11 202607:30 UTC
Jun 11 2026
07:30 UTC
TJS-25
Success
Now Oct 31 · 2026
Upcoming
2026
2026
VOICE
Q1 2027
Q1 2027
Xuntian
2027
2027
Chang'e 7
2027
2027
Fengyun 5B
2027
2027
Fengyun-5A

Full launch history


2029
September 2029	Tianwen-4 Jupiter orbiter China • Long March 5	-	Long March 5	Upcoming
2027
2027	Chang'e 7 China • Long March 5	-	Long March 5	Upcoming
2027	Fengyun-5A China • Long March 5	-	Long March 5	Upcoming
2027	Fengyun 5B China • Long March 5	-	Long March 5	Upcoming
2027	SPORT China • Long March 5	-	Long March 5	Upcoming
2027 Q1	Xuntian China • Long March 5B	-	Long March 5B	Upcoming
2026
2026	VOICE China • Long March 5	-	Long March 5	Upcoming
Today
Jun 11, 202607:30:00 UTC	TJS-25 China • Long March 5	-	Long March 5	Success
2025
Dec 20, 202512:30:00 UTC	TJS-23 China • Long March 5	-	Long March 5	Success
Oct 23, 202514:30:00 UTC	TJS-20 China • Long March 5	-	Long March 5	Success
Aug 13, 202506:43:00 UTC	SatNet LEO Group 08 China • Long March 5B / YZ-2	-	Long March 5B / YZ-2	Success
Apr 28, 202520:10:00 UTC	SatNet LEO Group 03 China • Long March 5B / YZ-2	-	Long March 5B / YZ-2	Success
2024
Dec 16, 202410:00:00 UTC	SatNet LEO Group 01 China • Long March 5B / YZ-2	-	Long March 5B / YZ-2	Success
May 3, 202409:27:29 UTC	Chang'e 6 China • Long March 5	-	Long March 5	Success
Feb 23, 202411:30:00 UTC	TJS-11 China • Long March 5	-	Long March 5	Success
2023
Dec 15, 202313:41:00 UTC	Yaogan 41 China • Long March 5	-	Long March 5	Success
2022
Oct 31, 202207:37:23 UTC	Mengtian space station module China • Long March 5B	-	Long March 5B	Success
Jul 24, 202206:22:32 UTC	Wentian space station module China • Long March 5B	-	Long March 5B	Success
2021
Apr 29, 202103:23:15 UTC	Tianhe space station module China • Long March 5B	-	Long March 5B	Success
2020
Nov 23, 202020:30:12 UTC	Chang'e 5 Lunar Exploration China • Long March 5	-	Long March 5	Success
Jul 23, 202004:41:00 UTC	Tianwen-1 Mars Mission China • Long March 5	-	Long March 5	Success
May 5, 202010:00:00 UTC	Long March 5B maiden flight China • Long March 5B	-	Long March 5B	Success
2019
Dec 27, 201912:45:00 UTC	Shijian 20 China • Long March 5	-	Long March 5	Success
2017
Jul 2, 201711:23:23 UTCFailure	Shijian 18 China • Long March 5	-	Long March 5	Failure
2016
Nov 3, 201612:42:00 UTC	Shijian 17 China • Long March 5	-	Long March 5	Success

Long March 5

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