Jiuquan Launch Tracker
As of 23 October 2026, 26 of the 249 orbital launch attempts in 2026 lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, 10% of the world's launches, after 33 in 2025 and 21 in 2024, and 298 since the first in 1970. The next launch from Jiuquan is a Long March 4B, scheduled for 23 October 2026 at 07:25 PM UTC from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China. The latest launches from Jiuquan and the next ones on the schedule, drawn to scale.
Latest mission
Technology
Zhuque-2E Block 2
Oct 14, 2026
LandSpace's Zhuque-2E Y4 lofted 10 satellites to sun-synchronous orbit from Jiuquan's Dongfeng pad on the methane rocket's 10th flight: eight ADA Space Xingshidai computing satellites (39 and 44–50) for Star Computing Group 02, plus two Lanta Intelligent Guangchuan laser-communications test satellites. All reached their planned orbits.
Next mission
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Long March 4B
Oct 23, 2026 · 07:25 PM (UTC)
Liftoff in 18 h 55 min 27 s
A Long March 4B from Jiuquan Launch Area 94 will loft six Yaogan remote-sensing satellites, Yaogan 54 A-C and Yaogan 55 A-C, into low Earth orbit. The six-satellite stack continues CASC's paired Yaogan groups from the same pad after the Yaogan 53 and 56 flight.
Statistics summary
Payload to orbit
2026 so far
58 t
vs 31 t by this date in 2025
Last 7 days
0 t
vs 1.7 t weekly avg. over 365 days
Every Jiuquan launch scheduled for the next seven days, in UTC.
Today
07:25 PM
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Jiuquan in 2026
Orbital launches from Jiuquan per month, 2026 so far
- 3Jan
- 1Feb
- 3Mar
- 3Apr
- 3May
- 4Jun
- 2Jul
- 1Aug
- 5Sep
- 1Oct
- Nov
- Dec
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| Month | Jiuquan |
|---|---|
| January | 3 |
| February | 1 |
| March | 3 |
| April | 3 |
| May | 3 |
| June | 4 |
| July | 2 |
| August | 1 |
| September | 5 |
| October | 1 |
The record
- Share in 2026
- 10%
- so far
- Launches in 2026
- 26
- of 249 worldwide
- Share in 2025
- 10%
- 33 launches
- All time
- 298
- since 1970
Orbital launches from Jiuquan per year, 1970 to today
2026 so far, as of 23 October 2026.
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| Year | Launches |
|---|---|
| 1970 | 1 |
| 1971 | 1 |
| 1973 | 1 |
| 1974 | 2 |
| 1975 | 3 |
| 1976 | 3 |
| 1978 | 1 |
| 1979 | 1 |
| 1981 | 1 |
| 1982 | 1 |
| 1983 | 1 |
| 1984 | 1 |
| 1985 | 1 |
| 1986 | 1 |
| 1987 | 2 |
| 1988 | 1 |
| 1990 | 1 |
| 1992 | 2 |
| 1993 | 1 |
| 1994 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2005 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | 4 |
| 2011 | 6 |
| 2012 | 5 |
| 2013 | 7 |
| 2014 | 8 |
| 2015 | 5 |
| 2016 | 9 |
| 2017 | 6 |
| 2018 | 16 |
| 2019 | 9 |
| 2020 | 13 |
| 2021 | 22 |
| 2022 | 25 |
| 2023 | 36 |
| 2024 | 21 |
| 2025 | 33 |
| 2026 | 26 |
Rockets flown from Jiuquan in 2026
- Kinetica 15 launchesno failures
- Zhuque-2E Block 24 launchesno failures
- Kuaizhou 113 launchesno failures
- Long March 2C2 launchesno failures
- Long March 2F/G2 launchesno failures
- Long March 4B2 launchesno failures
- Ceres-21 launch1 failed
- Kinetica 21 launchno failures
- Long March 12B1 launchno failures
- Long March 2C/YZ-1S1 launchno failures
- Long March 4C1 launchno failures
- Pallas-11 launchno failures
- Tianlong-31 launch1 failed
- Zhuque-31 launchno failures
Pads
| Pad | In 2026 | All time | Last used |
|---|---|---|---|
| Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603) | 6 | 138 | 2026 |
| Launch Area 95A | 4 | 67 | 2026 |
| Launch Area 91 (SLS-1 / 921) | 2 | 29 | 2026 |
| Launch Area 2B | 0 | 26 | 1996 |
| Launch Area 130 | 5 | 16 | 2026 |
| Launch Area 96A | 4 | 10 | 2026 |
| Launch Area 2A | 0 | 2 | 1971 |
| Launch Area 95B | 0 | 2 | 2014 |
| Launch Area 96B | 1 | 2 | 2026 |
| Long March 12 series Pad | 1 | 2 | 2026 |
| Launch Area 120 | 0 | 1 | 2023 |
| Launch Area 140 | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Pallas-1 Launch Pad | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Tianlong-3 Launch Pad | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
Every year
| Year | Jiuquan | World | Jiuquan share | Payload to orbit | Share of payload |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 26 | 249 | 10% | 58 t | 3% |
| 2025 | 33 | 329 | 10% | 64 t | 2% |
| 2024 | 21 | 263 | 8% | 34 t | 2% |
| 2023 | 36 | 223 | 16% | 49 t | 3% |
| 2022 | 25 | 186 | 13% | 51 t | 5% |
| 2021 | 22 | 146 | 15% | 42 t | 5% |
| 2020 | 13 | 114 | 11% | 19 t | 3% |
| 2019 | 9 | 102 | 9% | 2 t | <1% |
| 2018 | 16 | 114 | 14% | 15 t | 4% |
| 2017 | 6 | 90 | 7% | 9 t | 2% |
| 2016 | 9 | 85 | 11% | 26 t | 7% |
| 2015 | 5 | 87 | 6% | 6 t | 1% |
| 2014 | 8 | 92 | 9% | 5 t | 1% |
| 2013 | 7 | 81 | 9% | 16 t | 4% |
| 2012 | 5 | 78 | 6% | 14 t | 4% |
| 2011 | 6 | 84 | 7% | 17 t | 4% |
| 2010 | 4 | 74 | 5% | 4 t | 1% |
| 2009 | 2 | 78 | 3% | 1 t | <1% |
| 2008 | 3 | 69 | 4% | 8 t | 2% |
| 2007 | 1 | 68 | 1% | 701 kg | <1% |
| 2006 | 1 | 66 | 2% | 2 t | 1% |
| 2005 | 4 | 56 | 7% | 13 t | 5% |
| 2004 | 2 | 54 | 4% | 5 t | 2% |
| 2003 | 2 | 63 | 3% | 10 t | 5% |
| 2002 | 2 | 65 | 3% | 15 t | 4% |
| 2001 | 1 | 59 | 2% | 8 t | 2% |
| 2000 | 0 | 85 | 0% | – | |
| 1999 | 1 | 78 | 1% | 8 t | 3% |
| 1998 | 0 | 82 | 0% | – | |
| 1997 | 0 | 89 | 0% | – | |
| 1996 | 1 | 77 | 1% | 3 t | 1% |
| 1995 | 0 | 80 | 0% | – | |
| 1994 | 1 | 93 | 1% | 3 t | 1% |
| 1993 | 1 | 83 | 1% | 2 t | 1% |
| 1992 | 2 | 97 | 2% | 5 t | 1% |
| 1991 | 0 | 91 | 0% | – | |
| 1990 | 1 | 121 | 1% | 2 t | <1% |
| 1989 | 0 | 102 | 0% | – | |
| 1988 | 1 | 121 | 1% | 2 t | <1% |
| 1987 | 2 | 114 | 2% | 4 t | 1% |
| 1986 | 1 | 110 | 1% | 2 t | <1% |
| 1985 | 1 | 125 | 1% | 2 t | <1% |
| 1984 | 1 | 129 | 1% | 2 t | <1% |
| 1983 | 1 | 129 | 1% | 2 t | <1% |
| 1982 | 1 | 129 | 1% | 2 t | <1% |
| 1981 | 1 | 126 | 1% | 820 kg | <1% |
| 1980 | 0 | 108 | 0% | – | |
| 1979 | 1 | 110 | 1% | – | |
| 1978 | 1 | 128 | 1% | 2 t | <1% |
| 1977 | 0 | 130 | 0% | – | |
| 1976 | 3 | 131 | 2% | 3 t | 1% |
| 1975 | 3 | 132 | 2% | 4 t | 1% |
| 1974 | 2 | 113 | 2% | – | |
| 1973 | 1 | 116 | 1% | – | |
| 1972 | 0 | 113 | 0% | – | |
| 1971 | 1 | 133 | 1% | 221 kg | <1% |
| 1970 | 1 | 124 | 1% | 173 kg | <1% |