China Launch Tracker
As of 21 October 2026, China has flown 73 of the 248 orbital launch attempts in 2026, 29% of the world's launches, and 807 since its first in 1970. Its latest launches and the next ones on the schedule, drawn to scale.
Data as of October 2026 · Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs), checked against Jonathan McDowell's GCAT · Updated as launches happen. Methods
Latest mission
Earth Science
Ceres-1S
Oct 21, 2026
Galactic Energy's Ceres-1S Y8, the seventh sea launch of the type, placed Xiguang-4 01 into a 541 km, 39-degree orbit from waters off Shandong. The Guangzhou-backed Wuyang Constellation pilot is a 0.5-metre Earth-observation satellite, the first of a planned low-inclination remote-sensing network for the Greater Bay Area.
Next mission
Unknown Payload
Long March 6A
Oct 23, 2026 · 10:15 AM (UTC)
Liftoff in 1 d 12 h 06 min 41 s
A Long March 6A will loft Yaogan 50C, the third satellite of China's Yaogan-50 remote-sensing series, from Taiyuan LC-9A into sun-synchronous orbit. Officially for land survey, crop-yield estimation and disaster prevention, it follows Yaogan 50-01 and 50-02 on the same rocket and pad.
Statistics summary
Payload to orbit
2026 so far
234 t
vs 220 t by this date in 2025
Last 7 days
0 t
vs 6.6 t weekly avg. over 365 days
Every China launch scheduled for the next seven days, in UTC.
Fri 23 Oct
10:15 AM
Go07:25 PM
Go
Sun 25 Oct
01:50 AM
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China in 2026
Orbital launch attempts added up, China and the rest of the world, 2026 so far
Day by day since 1 January.
Orbital launch attempts per week, China and the rest of the world, the past 12 months
Payload delivered to orbit by China, year against year, 2023 to 2026
Tonnes, added up through each year.
The record
- Share in 2026
- 29%
- so far
- Launches in 2026
- 73
- of 248 worldwide
- Share in 2025
- 28%
- 92 launches
- All time
- 807
- since 1970
Orbital launch attempts per year, China and the rest of the world, 1970 to today
2026 so far, as of 21 October 2026.
China's rockets in 2026
- Long March 6A8 launchesno failures
- Kinetica 15 launchesno failures
- Long March 125 launchesno failures
- Long March 2D5 launchesno failures
- Long March 8A5 launchesno failures
- Long March 7A4 launches1 failed
- Smart Dragon 34 launchesno failures
- Zhuque-2E Block 24 launchesno failures
- Kuaizhou 113 launchesno failures
- Long March 2C3 launchesno failures
- Long March 3B/E3 launches1 failed
- Long March 83 launchesno failures
- Ceres-1S2 launchesno failures
- Gravity-12 launchesno failures
- Long March 2F/G2 launchesno failures
- Long March 4B2 launchesno failures
- Ceres-21 launch1 failed
- Kinetica 21 launchno failures
- Long March 10B1 launchno failures
- Long March 12B1 launchno failures
- Long March 2C/YZ-1S1 launchno failures
- Long March 4C1 launchno failures
- Long March 51 launchno failures
- Long March 61 launchno failures
- Long March 6C1 launchno failures
- Long March 71 launchno failures
- Pallas-11 launchno failures
- Tianlong-31 launch1 failed
- Zhuque-31 launchno failures
Launch success rate by China rocket, 1970 to today
Test flights are left out; partial failures count as failures.
Every year
| Year | China | World | China share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 73 | 248 | 29% |
| 2025 | 92 | 329 | 28% |
| 2024 | 68 | 263 | 26% |
| 2023 | 67 | 223 | 30% |
| 2022 | 64 | 186 | 34% |
| 2021 | 56 | 146 | 38% |
| 2020 | 39 | 114 | 34% |
| 2019 | 34 | 102 | 33% |
| 2018 | 39 | 114 | 34% |
| 2017 | 18 | 90 | 20% |
| 2016 | 22 | 85 | 26% |
| 2015 | 19 | 87 | 22% |
| 2014 | 16 | 92 | 17% |
| 2013 | 15 | 81 | 19% |
| 2012 | 19 | 78 | 24% |
| 2011 | 19 | 84 | 23% |
| 2010 | 15 | 74 | 20% |
| 2009 | 6 | 78 | 8% |
| 2008 | 11 | 69 | 16% |
| 2007 | 10 | 68 | 15% |
| 2006 | 6 | 66 | 9% |
| 2005 | 6 | 56 | 11% |
| 2004 | 8 | 54 | 15% |
| 2003 | 7 | 63 | 11% |
| 2002 | 5 | 65 | 8% |
| 2001 | 1 | 59 | 2% |
| 2000 | 5 | 85 | 6% |
| 1999 | 4 | 78 | 5% |
| 1998 | 6 | 82 | 7% |
| 1997 | 6 | 89 | 7% |
| 1996 | 4 | 77 | 5% |
| 1995 | 3 | 80 | 4% |
| 1994 | 5 | 93 | 5% |
| 1993 | 1 | 83 | 1% |
| 1992 | 4 | 97 | 4% |
| 1991 | 1 | 91 | 1% |
| 1990 | 5 | 121 | 4% |
| 1989 | 0 | 102 | 0% |
| 1988 | 4 | 121 | 3% |
| 1987 | 2 | 114 | 2% |
| 1986 | 2 | 110 | 2% |
| 1985 | 1 | 125 | 1% |
| 1984 | 3 | 129 | 2% |
| 1983 | 1 | 129 | 1% |
| 1982 | 1 | 129 | 1% |
| 1981 | 1 | 126 | 1% |
| 1980 | 0 | 108 | 0% |
| 1979 | 1 | 110 | 1% |
| 1978 | 1 | 128 | 1% |
| 1977 | 0 | 130 | 0% |
| 1976 | 3 | 131 | 2% |
| 1975 | 3 | 132 | 2% |
| 1974 | 2 | 113 | 2% |
| 1973 | 1 | 116 | 1% |
| 1972 | 0 | 113 | 0% |
| 1971 | 1 | 133 | 1% |
| 1970 | 1 | 124 | 1% |