• Launch Cheng Zheng 2D / Unknown Payload

    Xichang Satellite Launch Center, ~28°N, Sichuan, China

    Launch window 14:30-14:51 China Time | 06:30-06:51 UTC | HST is 20:30-20:51 on April 23. Chang Zhen 2D (CZ-2D) is expected to make its 103rd flight, powered by hypergolic fuels (toxic), typically to geostationary transfer orbit. This will be the 3rd flight of 2026 for CZ-2D.

  • Launch Long March 3B-E / Fengyun-4C

    Xichang Satellite Launch Center, ~28°N, Sichuan, China

    Earth science satellite to Geostationary Transfer Orbit for China's meteorological satellite program FY-4 (Feng Yun 4).

  • Launch Long March 3B/E / Unknown Payload

    Xichang Satellite Launch Center, ~28°N, Sichuan, China

    Scheduled for 23:10-23:57 UTC+8, this is 3rd of 3 launches today in China, each from a different launch center. The 3B/E transports heavy communications satellites into geostationary transfer orbit.