CASC Launch Schedule

Stay updated on CASC's rocket launches with our real-time schedule. You can see 5 planned space missions on our website. Watch the live stream of any CASC rocket launch happening today.

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Next Launch

Launch Status

TBD

Date & Time

2024

Pad

201

Launch Service Provider

Spacecraft Stage

Tianzhou

Mission

Tianzhou-8

Mission Type

Resupply

Destination

Low Earth Orbit

Seventh cargo delivery mission to the Chinese space station.

Updated: Oct 31, 7:00am UTC

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Upcoming CASC Launches

TBD

May 2025

Tianwen-2 is a planned Chinese asteroid sample return and comet orbiter mission due for launch in May 2025. The spacecraft will visit the Near Earth asteroid 469219 KamoΚ»oalewa (2016 HO3), collecting samples from its surface using both touch-and-go and anchor-and-drill approaches. It will return the samples back to Earth around 2.5 years after launch, with the main spacecraft proceeding to visit the main-belt comet 311P/PANSTARRS in the mid-2030s.

Updated: Aug 3, 9:00pm UTC

China's geostationary meteorological satellite program FY-4 (Feng Yun 4) is the second generation of chinese geostationary meteorological satellites.

Updated: Jan 3, 8:05pm UTC

Chang'e 7/CE-7 is scheduled to launch in 2026, including an orbiter, a lander, a mini-hopping probe, and a rover. The mission will land in the South Pole regions of the Moon to study lunar surface environment around the South Pole, especially in looking for water ice in lunar soil.

Last Update: Updated launch year.

Chang'e 8/CE-8 is scheduled to launch in 2028, including a lander, a rover and a legged robot. The mission will land in the South Pole regions of the Moon to study lunar surface environment around the South Pole and experimenting with resource utilization, including testing an enclosed terrestrial ecosystem in the lunar environment.

Last Update: NET 2029.