CHINESE SUBORBITAL LAUNCH RECORD (From 1964) Date Launch Vehicle Payload -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 Feb 60 T-7M Test mission (8 km) 1 Jul 60 T-7 Test mission 12 Sep 60 T-7 Test mission (60 km) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Dec 63 T-7A Test mission (115 km) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 Jul 64 T-7A(S) F1 Biological package (rats & mice, 70 km) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Jun 65 T-7A(S) F2 Biological package (rats & mice, 70 km) 5 Jun 65 T-7A(S) F3 Biological package (rats & mice, 70 km) 65 T-7 DFH technology test (83 km) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 Jul 66 T-7A(S2) F1 Biological package (rats & dog Xiao Bao, 100 km) 28 Jul 66 T-7A(S2) F2 Biological package (rats & dog Shan Shan, 100 km) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 Aug 68 T-7A(Y5) F1 GF-01A motor (CZ-1 third stage test, 311 km) 20 Aug 68 T-7A(Y5) F2 GF-01A motor (CZ-1 third stage test, 311 km) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 69 T-7A(Y6) F1 FSW satellite technology test (100 km) Jul 69 T-7A(Y6) F2 FSW satellite technology test (100 km) *16 Nov 69 DF-4 F1 RV 69 T-7 DFH technology test (81 km) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 Jan 70 CZ-1 F1 Dummy third stage and payload assembly 30 Jan 70 DF-4 F2 RV *23 Nov 70 DF-4 F3 RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 Sep 71 DF-5 F1 RV 15 Nov 71 DF-4 F4 RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 Aug 72 FB-1 F1 Mass Simulator (~1050 kg) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 Apr 73 DF-5 F2 RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 May 76 DF-4 F5 RV 24 Aug 76 DF-4 F6 RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 Sep 77 FB-1 F8 Mass Simulator (~3100 kg) *30 Sep 77 DF-4 F7 RV 22 Nov 77 DF-4 F8 RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 Apr 78 FB-1 F9 Mass Simulator (~3100 kg) 5 Oct 78 DF-5 F3 RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 Jan 79 DF-5 F4 RV 5 Apr 79 DF-5 F5 RV 15 Jul 79 DF-5 F6 RV 31 Jul 79 DF-4 F9 RV 21 Aug 79 DF-5 F7 RV 4 Sep 79 DF-5 F8 RV 16 Sep 79 DF-4 F10 RV 15 Oct 79 DF-5 F9 RV 26 Nov 79 DF-5 F10 RV *23 Dec 79 DF-4 F11 RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Feb 80 DF-4 F12 RV 12 Feb 80 DF-5 F11 RV 18 May 80 DF-5 F12 RV 21 May 80 DF-5 F13 RV 2 Aug 80 DF-4 F13 RV 31 Oct 80 DF-4 F14 RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 Dec 81 DF-5 F14 RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 86 DF-4 F15 RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 89 DF-5 F15 RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24 Jul 92 DF-4 F16 RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 Jun 93 DF-5A F1 RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 Jul 95 DF-5A F2 RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 May 97 DF-5A F3 RV Nov 97 CZ-1D F2 Reentry Test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Aug 99 DF-31 F1 RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Nov 00 DF-31 F2 RV 16 Dec 00 DF-31 F3 RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 02 DF-5A F4 RV 28 Aug 02 DF-4 F17 RV 23 Nov 02 DF-31A F1 RV 11 Dec 02 DF-5B F1 RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 03 DF-31 F4 RV 03 DF-5B F2 RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 04 DF-31 F5 RV Jul 04 DF-4 F18 RV 11 Dec 04 DF-5B F3 RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 Jul 05 KT-409 F1 ASAT test 05 DF-4 F19 RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 Feb 06 KT-409 F2 ASAT Test (missed FY 1C) 17 Jun 06 DF-5B F4 RV 4 Sep 06 DF-31A F2 RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 Jan 07 KT-409 F3 ASAT intercept of FY 1C at 853 km -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 May 08 Tszyuylan-2 RV from Golf class submarine -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 09 DF-4 F20 RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 Jan 10 CSS-X-11 Target RV 11 Jan 10 KT-409 F4 Interceptor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 Jan 11 Xi'an H-6 Shenlong Kongtianfeiji (Spaceplane) 6 May 11 Tianying-3C Meridian Project -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 Mar 12 KZ-1T Test flight 24 Jul 12 DF-41 F1 RV 16 Aug 12 JL-2 RV 20 Aug 12 DF-5A F5 RV 30 Aug 12 DF-31A F3 RV 30 Nov 12 DF-31A F4 RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 Jan 13 ? Target RV 27 Jan 13 KT-409 F5 Interceptor 4 Apr 13 Tianying-3E Kunpeng 1 (Barium release experiment) 13 May 13 DN-2 Kunpeng 7 (30,000 km alt.) 24 Jul 13 DF-31A F5 RV 13 Dec 13 DF-41 F2 RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Jan 14 CZ-2C(3) F14 DF-ZF 1 (HGV 1, WU-14) 19 Jan 14 DF-31? ? 23 Jul 14 ? Target RV 23 Jul 14 KT-409 F6 Interceptor 31 Jul 14 DF-31A F6 RV 4 Aug 14 DF-5A F6 RV * 7 Aug 14 CZ-2C(3) F16 DF-ZF 2 (HGV 2, WU-14) 25 Sep 14 DF-31B F1 RV 2 Dec 14 CZ-2C(3) F20 DF-ZF 3 (HGV 3, WU-14) 13 Dec 14 DF-41 F3 RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 Jan 15 JL-2 Test (1000 km) 23 May 15 ? ? 7 Jun 15 CZ-2C(3) F21 DF-ZF 4 (HGV 4, WU-14) 5 Aug 15 DF-5B F5 RV 6 Aug 15 DF-41 F4 RVs (2) 20 Aug 15 CZ-2C(3) F22 DF-ZF 5 (HGV 5, WU-14) 3 Oct 15 ? Dropped radiosondes into Typhoon Mujigae 14 Oct 15 ? ? 31 Oct 15 ? ABM Target 31 Oct 15 DN-3 ABM Interceptor 16 Nov 15 DF-31 F6 RV 23 Nov 15 CZ-2C(3) F23 DF-ZF 6 (HGV 6, WU-14) 4 Dec 15 DF-41 F5 RVs (2) 5 Dec 15 DF-41 F6 RVs (2) Dec 15 TY-7? Scramjet Test (Mach 7, 30 km) * Dec 15 ? Link Space attempt to 102 km. Failed at 2.5 s. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 Apr 16 DF-41 F7 RVs (2) 26 Apr 16 Tianying-3F Kunpeng 1B 8 Dec 16 ? Target 8 Dec 16 DN-3 Interceptor Dec 16 CH-AS-X-13 F1 Interceptor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 Jan 17 DF-5C F1 10 MIRVs 23 Jul 17 B-611? Target 23 Jul 17 DN-3 Interceptor 23 Aug 17 DF-4 RV 1 Nov 17 DF-17 HGV 15 Nov 17 DF-17 HGV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 18 CH-AS-X-13 F5 Interceptor 5 Feb 18 B-611? Target 5 Feb 18 DF-21 Interceptor 23 Feb 18 ? Subscale Tengyun 4 Apr 18 SQX-1S Hyperbola 1S (108 km) 27 Apr 18 ? RVZhuQue 16 May 18 OS-X0 Chongqing Liangjiang Star (38.742 km) 3 Aug 18 B611 Xingkong 2 (Starry Sky 2) 5 Sep 18 SQX-1Z Hyperbola 1Z (TFJR 1, CDGX 1, EREBUS 1, 108 km) 7 Sep 18 OS-X1 Chongqing Liangjiang Star (35 km) ? Sep 18 ? Tengfei 1 11 Oct 18 DF-11? HGV? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 19 DF-26 RV (2 launches) 8 Feb 19 RLV-T3 Hop Test 27 Mar 19 RLV-T5 F1 Hop Test 19 Apr 19 RLV-T5 F2 Hop Test (40 m) 23 Apr 19 Jiageng-1 F1 XTER Waverider (26.2 km) 1 Jun 19 JL-3? RV 17 Jun 19 TY-4B? Fangzhou 1 (Ark 1) 7 Aug 19 DF-31/DF-41? RV 10 Aug 19 RLV-T5 F3 Hop Test (300.2 m) 22 Nov 19 DF-41 RV 23 Dec 19 Jiageng-1 F2 Tianxing I (L=9.1 m,W=3.1 m, 3700 kg, 3900 km/h, XTER 1) 25 Dec 19 Tansuo 1 F1 Test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 Jun 20 Beihang-4 Demonstration (24 km) 25 Aug 20 DF-26 RV 25 Aug 20 DF-21D? RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Feb 21 B-611? Target 4 Feb 21 DF-21? Interceptor 5 Feb 21 OS-X6B Chongqing Liangjiang Zhi Xing 3 Apr 21 VTVL Prototype CAS Space Test Flight (60 m) 16 Jul 21 YCSY F1 Test Flight 30 Jul 21 Nebula-M F1 Hop Test (10 m) 2 Aug 21 XY-M F1 Hop Test 19 Aug 21 DF-15B? Test 20 Aug 21 DF-15B? Test 31 Aug 21 Tianxing II Test 27 Sep 21 Jiageng-1 F4 Tianxing I 13 Oct 21 Nebula-M F2 Hop Test (100 m) 9 Dec 21 Jiageng-1 F5 Tianxing I 17 Dec 21 Huayi-1A F1 Sparkle 1 (250 km) 17 Dec 21 Jiageng-1 F6 Tianxing I 19 Dec 21 Jiageng-1 F7 Tianxing I -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 Jan 22 Jiageng-1 F8 Tianxing I 26 Feb 22 D140 Y2 Target Vehicle Test 6 May 22 Nebula-M F3 Hop Test (1 km) 19 Jun 22 ? Target 19 Jun 22 HQ-19? Interceptor 4 Jul 22 Feitian-1 Rocket ramjet combined power +10 Jul 22 HTTP-3A 3 km (12 km goal) 4 Aug 22 DF-15? 16 Launches 25 Aug 22 YCSY F2 Test 19 Dec 22 ? Test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 Apr 23 B-611? Target 14 Apr 23 DF-21? DN-3? Interceptor 4 May 23 ? Dier 7 2 Nov 23 SQX-2Y F1 Hyperbola 2 (178.42 m) 10 Dec 23 SQX-2Y F2 Hyperbola 2 (343.12 m) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 Jan 24 ZQ-3 Hopper VTVL 1 (350 m) 26 Jan 24 KZ Hopper 22 s tethered # Jun 24 ZQ-3 Hopper VTVL 2 (10 km) 24 XZY-1 First stage test ? XY-1 10 km -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- XZY * Launch failure + Partial failure # Change since beginning of month ASAT Anti-Satellite CZ Chang Zheng (Long March) DN Dong Neng FSW Fanhui Shi Weixing (recoverable test satellite) HGV Hypersonic Glide Vehicle KZ Kuaizhou RV Re-entry Vehicle SQX Shian Quxian (Hyperbola) TX Tianxing VTVL Vertical Takeoff Verticall Landing XTER Xiamen Turbine Ejector Ramjet XY Xing Yun (Nebula) YCSY Yaguidao Chongfu Shiyong Yunzaiqi (Suborbital Reusable Carrier) ZQ Zhuque (Vermilion Bird, Landspace)