Space Launch NowUpcoming Launches
All upcoming launchesLoading launches
China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLaunch SuccessfulGovernment/Top SecretLong March 3C/E
Launched 2025-05-12 18:09 UTCLaunch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Success
Reached Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Worldwide
100th
orbital launch attempt in 2025
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
21st
launch this year
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)
4th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
32 d 1 h
since the pad's previous launch
Chinese classified satellite claimed to be for communication technology test purposes. Actual mission not known.
Launch Provider
Government · China · Founded 1999 · Chairman & President Lei Fanpei
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.
Launches
621
Successful
605
97%
Landings
1
of 2
Upcoming
7
scheduled
·
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin
·
Added launch per NOTAMs; Launch vehicle and payload identities highly uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin
Height
55.6m
Diameter
3.4m
To low Earth orbit
8,000kg
Liftoff thrust
5,923kN
Space Launch Now for iOS and Android
Notifications before every launch you follow, live countdowns on your home screen and watch, and webcasts as they start.
