Main article: List of Long March launches
This is a list of launches made by the Long March rocket family between 2025 and 2029.
Launch statistics
Rocket configurations0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 2025 '26 '27 '28 '29
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Launch outcomes0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 2025 '26 '27 '28 '29
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Launch history
2025
| Date/time (UTC) | Rocket | Serial number | Launch site | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Separation orbit | Operator | Function | ||
| Remarks | |||||
| 6 January 2025 20:00 |
Long March 3B | Yxx | Xichang LC-3 | Successful | |
| Shijian 25 | Geostationary transfer | CNSA | Technology verification | ||
| Verification of satellite life-extension technologies, including on-orbit fuel replenishment | |||||
Future launches
2025
| Date/time (UTC) | Rocket | Serial number | Launch site | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Separation orbit | Operator | Function | ||
| Remarks | |||||
| May (TBD) | Long March 3B | Xichang | |||
| Tianwen-2 | Heliocentric | CNSA | Asteroid sample return | ||
| Sample return mission headed for the 469219 Kamoʻoalewa asteroid. | |||||
| June (TBD) | Long March 5B | Y5 | Wenchang LC-1 | ||
| Xuntian | Low Earth | CNSA | Space telescope | ||
| 2025 (TBD) | Long March 3B | ||||
| Asteroid impacter | Heliocentric | CNSA | Asteroid redirect test | ||
| Asteroid orbiter | Heliocentric | CNSA | Asteroid flyby | ||
| Planetary defense mission headed for the 2019 VL5 asteroid. | |||||
2026
| Date/time (UTC) | Rocket | Serial number | Launch site | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Separation orbit | Operator | Function | ||
| Remarks | |||||
| 2026 (TBD) | Long March 5 | Wenchang LC-1 | |||
| Chang'e 7 | Selenocentric | CNSA | Lunar lander | ||
2028
| Date/time (UTC) | Rocket | Serial number | Launch site | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Separation orbit | Operator | Function | ||
| Remarks | |||||
| 2028 (TBD) | Long March 5 | Wenchang LC-1 | |||
| Chang'e 8 | Selenocentric | CNSA | Lunar lander | ||
2029
| Date/time (UTC) | Rocket | Serial number | Launch site | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload | Separation orbit | Operator | Function | ||
| Remarks | |||||
| September (TBD) | Long March 5 | Wenchang LC-1 | |||
| Tianwen-4 Jupiter orbiter | Jovicentric | CNSA | Jupiter orbiter | ||
| Tianwen-4 Uranus flyby probe | Heliocentric | CNSA | Uranus flyby | ||
References
- "Jonathan's Space Report, Next Issue". Jonathan McDowell. 27 December 2024. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
- "我国成功发射实践二十五号卫星". Chinanews.com.cn. 6 January 2025. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- "天问二号已基本完成初样研制，预计2025年5月前后发射" [Tianwen-2 has basically completed the development of the first sample and is expected to be launched around May 2025]. Guancha. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- "China Delays Launch of Its Xuntian Space Telescope". Scientific American. 21 November 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- "Flagship Chinese Space Telescope to Unravel Cosmic Mysteries". Chinese Academy of Sciences. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
- Jones, Andrew (11 April 2023). "China to target asteroid 2019 VL5 for 2025 planetary defense test". SpaceNews. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ China N' Asia Spaceflight (24 November 2022). "Update:
2024 Queqiao-2 data relay
2025 Chang'e-6 lunar sample return from far side
2026 Chang'e-7 lunar landing in south pole
2028 Chang'e-8 basic model of lunar research station" (Tweet) – via Twitter. - CNSA Watcher (23 December 2023). "Tianwen-4, launching Sept 2029, will journey to Jupiter using Venus & Earth gravity assists. Targeting Jupiter capture by Dec 2035 & a Uranus flyby in March 2045, the mission includes 2 probes, one exploring Jupiter's system and another flying by Uranus" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
Sources
- McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- Krebs, Gunter. "DF-5 family". Retrieved 6 June 2019.
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