Chinese People's Liberation Army: Government / agency (China), launches, rockets and satellites

Industry / Companies / Chinese People's Liberation Army

5Orbital launches

147All launches (incl. suborbital)

209Satellites in orbit

1Satellites built

0Rockets / spacecraft

Chinese People's Liberation Army is a government organisation based in China, founded in 1927. Our records show 5 orbital launches and 209 satellites in orbit.

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

Divisions, sites and subsidiaries

PLA Second Artillery Corps 5 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit General Armaments Dept. of the PLA 0 orbital launches · 117 satellites in orbit Strategic Support Troops 0 orbital launches · 92 satellites in orbit Military Aerospace Force 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit North Sea Fleet, People's Liberation Army Navy 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit PLA Aerospace Engineering University 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit

Activity

Orbital launches per year

1314

Last 15 years. Peak: 1 launches in one year.

Satellites in orbit

By platform

FY-4?	12
JB-9	10
DFH-4?	7
JB-8	7
CS-L3000B?	6
TJS11	5
CAST-2000?	4
JB-8B	4

Recent launches

Date	Mission	Vehicle	Site	Result
6 Jul 2026	2026-S248	JL-2	SCS?	Success
25 Sep 2024	DF-31AG	DF-31	NEHAI	Success
14 Apr 2023	2023-S17	B-611	JQ	Success
14 Apr 2023	ABM Interceptor	DF-21	URUM?	Success
25 Feb 2023	R&D	DF-27	TYSC?	Success
19 Dec 2022	2022-S135	B-611	JQ	Success
4 Aug 2022	Near-Taiwan Zone 2	DF-15	PRC-T2	Success
4 Aug 2022	Near-Taiwan Zone 3	DF-15	PRC-T2	Success
4 Aug 2022	Near-Taiwan Zone 3	DF-15	PRC-T3	Success
4 Aug 2022	Near-Taiwan Zone 1	DF-15	PRC-T1	Success
4 Aug 2022	Near-Taiwan Zone 3	DF-15	PRC-T3	Success
4 Aug 2022	Near-Taiwan Zone 2	DF-15	PRC-T2	Success

In the news

Recent headlines

China to train Pakistani astronaut for Tiangong space station mission SpaceNews · 28 Feb 2025
China chooses 2 teams to develop low-cost space station cargo spacecraft SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2024

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Provenance

Where this comes from

This entry merges 1 source: GCAT (J. McDowell)
Verification status: single source, not yet reviewed by a person. How we build and check this data.

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.