China National Space Administration: Government / agency (China), launches, rockets and satellites

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0Orbital launches

0All launches (incl. suborbital)

82Satellites in orbit

1Satellites built

1Rockets / spacecraft

China National Space Administration is a government organisation based in China, founded in 1993. Our records show 82 satellites in orbit and 1 rockets or spacecraft.

Totals include the divisions, sites and subsidiaries listed under Structure below.

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Structure

Divisions, sites and subsidiaries

China Lunar Exploration and Aerospace Engineering Center 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit CNSA Commercial Space Division 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit

Products

Rockets and spacecraft

Name	Type	Status	First flight	Launches	To low orbit
Shenzhou	Capsule	Active	1999	23

In the news

Recent headlines

China consolidates new commercial space regulator and industry roadmap SpaceDaily · 3 Dec 2025
China and U.S. take initial steps toward space-traffic coordination SpaceNews · 2 Oct 2025
China opens 2028 Mars sample return mission to international cooperation SpaceNews · 12 Mar 2025
Pakistan rover to fly on China’s Chang’e-8 lunar south pole mission SpaceNews · 10 Feb 2025
China adds Belarus as partner for ILRS moon base SpaceNews · 23 Oct 2023
Pakistan becomes latest country to join China’s ILRS moon project SpaceNews · 20 Oct 2023
China to establish organization to coordinate international moon base SpaceNews · 28 Apr 2023
Three spacewalks completed across two days on two space stations NASASpaceflight · 17 Nov 2022
NASA Statement on China’s Zhurong Mars Rover Photos NASA · 19 May 2021
ESA, CNSA heads discuss future space plans SpaceNews · 7 Apr 2021

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Provenance

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This entry merges 3 sources: Launch Library 2 · GCAT (J. McDowell) · Wikidata (Q320644 )
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Launch and satellite data: Jonathan McDowell's GCAT (CC BY 4.0) and CelesTrak. Rockets, spacecraft and agencies: Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs and Wikidata. News headlines link to their publishers via the Spaceflight News API and RSS feeds. Records come from several sources and are matched automatically, so treat the directory as a research aid, not an authority. How the data is built and checked.