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Long March 4B | Shijian 26

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
May 29, 2025, 4:12 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Chinese experimental satellite claimed to be for "Earth observation & environmental management" purposes, details not known.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Long March 3B/E | Tianwen-2

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
May 28, 2025, 5:31 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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 Kamoʻoalewa (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.

Asteroid
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Kinetica 1 | 6 satellites

CAS Space | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
May 21, 2025, 4:05 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Carried 6 satellites to Sun-synchronous orbit, including commercial Earth observation satellites Taijing-3-04 & Taijing-4-02A: * Taijing-3-04 * Taijing-4-02A * Xingrui-11 * Xiguang-1 02 * Xingjiyuan-1 * Cube-108 001

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Long March 7A | ChinaSat 3B

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
May 20, 2025, 11:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Chinese communication geostationary satellite for unknown purposes.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Zhuque-2E | 6 satellites

LandSpace | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
May 17, 2025, 4:12 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

6 satellites from satellite manufacturer SpaceTY, including 3 multi-spectral Earth observation satellites and 3 technology demonstration satellites for various academic institutions. * Tianyi-29 * Tianyi-34 * Tianyi-35 * Tianyi-42 * Tianyi-45 * Tianyi-46

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Long March 2D | Space Computing Constellation

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
May 14, 2025, 4:12 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

12 satellites from ADASPACE testing in-orbit data processing capabilities for other satellites with artificial intelligence assistance, as well as inter-satellite laser link communication techniques.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Long March 3C/E | TJSW-19

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
May 12, 2025, 6:09 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Chinese classified satellite claimed to be for communication technology test purposes. Actual mission not known.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Long March 6A | Yaogan 40 Group 02

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
May 11, 2025, 1:27 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

3 Chinese reconnaissance satellites of unknown purposes, officially reported as for "Electromagnetic environment probing".

Polar Orbit
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Long March 5B/YZ-2 | SatNet LEO Group 03

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
April 28, 2025, 8:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A batch of 10 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group. The constellation will eventually consists of 13000 satellites.

Polar Orbit
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Long March 3B/E | Tianlian 2-05

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
April 27, 2025, 3:54 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tianlian is a Chinese data tracking and relay communications geostationary satellite series. The TL 2 (Tian Lian 2) satellites represent the second generation of this relay satellite network, and is based on the DFH-4 Bus, a three-axis-stabilized telecommunications satellite platform. TL 2 will be used to support real-time communications between orbiting satellites and ground control stations. This system will replace the current network of ground-based space tracking and telemetry stations and space tracking ships.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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