China Rocket Launch Tracker
As of 21 October 2026, China Rocket has flown 4 of the 248 orbital launch attempts in 2026, 2% of the world's launches, and 13 since its first in 2019. 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
Smart Dragon 3
Aug 5, 2026
Delivered the two AI-powered Oriental Smart Eye hyperspectral satellites into orbit from a sea-based platform off Haiyang, Shandong. Each ~300kg satellite carries a 22-band hyperspectral imager with a 300km swath for high-precision land and sea monitoring, backed by onboard AI processing up to 400 trillion operations per second.
Next mission
Drawing unavailable
No upcoming mission scheduled.
Statistics summary
China Rocket launches
2026 so far
4
vs 4 by this date in 2025
Last 7 days
0
vs 0.1 weekly avg. over 365 days
Payload to orbit
2026 so far
6 t
vs 6 t by this date in 2025
Last 7 days
0 t
vs 0.1 t weekly avg. over 365 days
Past launches
Every China Rocket launch scheduled for the next seven days, in UTC.
No China Rocket launch is scheduled in the next seven days.
China Rocket in 2026
Orbital launch attempts added up, China Rocket and the rest of the world, 2026 so far
Day by day since 1 January.
Orbital launch attempts per week, China Rocket and the rest of the world, the past 12 months
Payload delivered to orbit by China Rocket, year against year, 2023 to 2026
Tonnes, added up through each year.
The record
- Share in 2026
- 2%
- so far
- Launches in 2026
- 4
- of 248 worldwide
- Share in 2025
- 1%
- 4 launches
- All time
- 13
- since 2019
Orbital launch attempts per year, China Rocket and the rest of the world, 2019 to today
2026 so far, as of 21 October 2026.
China Rocket's rockets in 2026
Launch success rate by China Rocket rocket, 2019 to today
Test flights are left out; partial failures count as failures.
Every year
| Year | China Rocket | World | China Rocket share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 4 | 248 | 2% |
| 2025 | 4 | 329 | 1% |
| 2024 | 2 | 263 | 1% |
| 2023 | 1 | 223 | <1% |
| 2022 | 1 | 186 | 1% |
| 2021 | 0 | 146 | 0% |
| 2020 | 0 | 114 | 0% |
| 2019 | 1 | 102 | 1% |