Next Chinese rocket launch
China launches at a pace second only to SpaceX: state Long March vehicles alongside fast-growing commercial players like Galactic Energy and LandSpace, flying from Jiuquan, Xichang, Taiyuan and the coastal Wenchang site. The schedule below updates automatically.
Next up
Long March 8A Launch: Time & How to Watch Sept 11, 202611 Sept 2026, 16:00 UTC · Commercial LC-1, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China · TBC
🚀 Liftoff in 5 days — 11 September 2026, 16:00 UTC
Set for 11 September 2026, 16:00 UTC. Dates slip constantly: holds, weather, range conflicts. We'll alert you if it moves or scrubs, and again about an hour before liftoff.
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- Long March 8A Launch: Time & How to Watch Sept 11, 2026 — 11 Sept 2026, 16:00 UTC
- Chang'e 7 on Long March 5 — launch time & how to watch — September 2026 · date TBC
- Flight 2 on Long March 12A — launch time & how to watch — September 2026 · date TBC
Recent launches
- Pallas-1 | Demo Flight — launch recap (1 September 2026) — Success
- Long March 6C | 7 satellites — launch recap (25 August 2026) — Success
- Zhuque-3 | Honghu-03 — launch recap (18 August 2026) — Success
- Satellite for Earth Observation (SEO) — launch recap — Success
- SatNet LEO Group 24 — launch recap (16 August 2026) — Success
- Unknown Payload — launch recap (10 August 2026) — Failure
- OSE HS-01 & 02 — launch recap (5 August 2026) — Success
- SatNet LEO Group 23 — launch recap (4 August 2026) — Success
How often does China launch rockets?
Around 60–100 orbital launches per year across state and commercial providers — roughly one to two per week.
