Chinese Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CASC 1st Acad)

Government / agency · China · founded 1957

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369Orbital launches
410All launches (incl. suborbital)
0Satellites in orbit
39Satellites built
0Rockets / spacecraft

Chinese Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CASC 1st Acad) is a government organisation based in China, founded in 1957. Our records show 369 orbital launches.

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

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Structure

Divisions, sites and subsidiaries

China Asia Pacific Mobile Telecom. Satellite Co. (APMT) 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit Chinese Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (Sea Launch) 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit
Activity

Orbital launches per year

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Last 15 years. Peak: 38 launches in one year.

Recent launches

DateMissionVehicleSiteResult
23 Sep 2026 WHDW 26Chang Zheng 8AHCSLS Success
17 Aug 2026 SEOChang Zheng 2CTYSC Success
10 Aug 2026 Zhongxing-4BChang Zheng 7AWEN Failure
4 Aug 2026 WHDW 23Chang Zheng 8AHCSLS Success
29 Jul 2026 Tianlian 3-01Chang Zheng 7AWEN Success
23 Jul 2026 Tianlian 2-06Chang Zheng 3BXSC Success
10 Jul 2026 CX-26Chang Zheng 10BHCSLS Success
23 Jun 2026 TJS-26AChang Zheng 7AWEN Success
16 Jun 2026 SJ-31 (TJS-26?)Chang Zheng 3BXSC Success
11 Jun 2026 TJS 25Chang Zheng 5WEN Success
26 May 2026 TJS-24Chang Zheng 7AWEN Success
24 May 2026 Shenzhou 23Chang Zheng 2FJQ Success
Provenance

Where this comes from

This entry merges 1 source: GCAT (J. McDowell)
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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.