Launch schedule

Rocket launches in China

Four ranges: Jiuquan and Taiyuan inland, Xichang in the south-west, and Wenchang on the coast of Hainan, which is the only one that can drop stages into the sea rather than onto land.

Scheduled now

1

Coordinates

40.89°N, 100.22°E

Operators

3

Next launches from China

• Long March 12A | Flight 2China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Low Earth OrbitJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China31 October 2026date known, time not yet set

Launch sites in China

• JiuquanChina’s oldest launch centre, in the Gobi desert, and the site every Chinese crewed flight has left from.

Recently flown from China

• SuccessLong March 12 | SatNet LEO Group 27China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Low Earth OrbitWenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of ChinaFri, 9 Oct 2026, 19:27 UTC
• SuccessLong March 6A | Yaogan 40 Group 04China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Polar OrbitTaiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaThu, 24 Sept 2026, 08:46 UTC
• SuccessLong March 8A | SatNet LEO Group 26China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Low Earth OrbitWenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of ChinaWed, 23 Sept 2026, 13:32 UTC
• SuccessKinetica 1 | 9 satellitesCAS Space · Sun-Synchronous OrbitJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaSun, 20 Sept 2026, 04:03 UTC
• SuccessLong March 2D | PIESAT-2 13-16China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Sun-Synchronous OrbitTaiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaSat, 19 Sept 2026, 10:50 UTC
• SuccessKuaizhou 11 | SpaceTY-51 & 52ExPace · Low Earth OrbitJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaThu, 17 Sept 2026, 02:40 UTC
• SuccessLong March 12 | SatNet LEO Group 25China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Low Earth OrbitWenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of ChinaThu, 17 Sept 2026, 00:32 UTC

Schedule from Launch Library 2. Dates slip: a time given to the minute is a target, not a promise. See every upcoming launch or what is launching today.