• Launch Long March 12 / Unknown payload

    Wenchang Space Launch Center, ~19°N, Hainan Island, China

    Unknown payload expected to launch on Long March 12, a is medium-lift vehicle that uses propellant of kerosene and liquid oxygen, able to place 10,000kg in LEO and 6,000kg in SSO.

  • NET 2027 — Launch Long March 5 / Xuntian Telescope

    Wenchang Space Launch Center, ~19°N, Hainan Island, China

    NET 2027 — CNSA to launch Long March 5 with Xuntian space telescope from Wenchang Space Launch Center, Hainan Island, China (19° N), China: Launch of Xuntian (Space Sentinel / Chinese Space Station Telescope ‘Touring the Heavens’) to LEO; will co-orbit with Tiangong Space Station, allowing it to dock periodically; 2-meter […]

  • NET 2028 — Launch Long March 10 / Crewed Lunar Flyby

    Wenchang Space Launch Center, ~19°N, Hainan Island, China

    NET 2028 — Tentative date for China's first crewed lunar flyby using super-heavy lift Long March 10 rocket and crew spacecraft Mengzhou, while continuing to develop the crewed lander Lanyue that will rendezvous in lunar orbit.

  • NET 2028 — Launch Tianwen-3 Mars Sample Return Mission

    Wenchang Space Launch Center, ~19°N, Hainan Island, China

    NET 2028 — China expects to launch Tianwen-3 Mars Sample Return Mission to Mars by this date, to deliver samples to Earth by 2031; focus is on astrobiology.

  • NET Q3 2028 — Launch Long March 5 / Chang’e-8

    Wenchang Space Launch Center, ~19°N, Hainan Island, China

    NET Q3 2028 — Chang'E-8 planned to land at Moon South Pole with 10 international projects to conduct in-situ resource utilization experiments; mission includes lander, Pakistan SUPARCO rover, robots for supporting international lunar base buildout.

  • NET 2029 — Launch Long March 10 / Crewed Moon Landing

    Wenchang Space Launch Center, ~19°N, Hainan Island, China

    NET 2029 — Tentative date for China's crewed spaceflight program to have first of its multiple human Moon missions to the Moon South Pole region using 2 launches, one for crew spacecraft Mengzhou and one for lander Lanyue that will rendezvous in lunar orbit; developed by China Academy of Launch Vehicle […]

  • NET 2029 — Launch Tianwen-3 to Jupiter

    Wenchang Space Launch Center, ~19°N, Hainan Island, China

    NET 2029 — China planning to launch its first probe to Jupiter this year with the Tianwen-3.