CASC Launch Schedule
Stay updated on CASC's rocket launches with our real-time schedule. You can see 7 planned space missions on our website. Watch the live stream of any CASC rocket launch happening today.
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
22 Feb, 12:11pm
UTC
Location
Pad
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
ChinaSat 10R
Mission Type
Unknown
Destination
Unknown
Ku-band geostationary communication satellite for China Satcom at 110.5Β° East, replacing ChinaSat 10.
Last Update: Launch success.
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Upcoming CASC Launches
27 Feb, 7:10am
UTC
Details TBD.
Updated: Feb 22, 1:30pm UTC
TBD
Mar 2025
Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology (SSST) with funding backed by the Shanghai local government. Initial constellation will consist of 1296 satellites by 2027 with long term plans to expand it to 12000 satellites. First launch from the Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site's LC-1.
Last Update: NET January.
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: Feb 22, 1:30pm UTC
TBD
2025
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.