Long March 8A | SatNet LEO Group TBD?
Long March 8A · Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
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Operator file · CN-88
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
China · Government · EST. 1999
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation is a government launch operator based in China, founded in 1999. It has flown 623 launches under its own name. 607 succeeded and 16 failed, a success rate of 97.4%. Its next launch is Long March 8A | SatNet LEO Group TBD?, from Commercial LC-1, set for November 20, 2026 at about 11:00 UTC.
SourceLAUNCH LIBRARY 2
Window reaches2039-12-31 00:00:00Z
Page generated2026-11-11 11:58:02Z
Flight record
Launch statistics
ON RECORD
Total launches623
Successful607
Failed16
Success rate97.4%
Consecutive successes14
Scheduled8
AdministratorChairman & President: Lei Fanpei
Founded1999
These are launches under CASC’s own name in The Space Devs’ Launch Library. They don’t count missions or payloads. A spacecraft that flew on someone else’s rocket counts for the operator that flew it.
Operator or customer
An operator owns the rocket and runs the count, and the launch schedule filters by operator. A customer pays for the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. Some organisations are both. Below, CASC is counted in whichever role the current schedule gives it.
Manifest role
LIVE COUNT
Flying as operator9
Named as customer0
Window reaches2039-12-31 00:00:00Z
Scheduled (register total)8
No scheduled flight names CASC with someone else flying it.
How we count it: a scheduled launch counts as a customer flight when this organisation’s name or abbreviation is in the launch name, mission name or programme, and someone else is flying it. We don’t search mission descriptions, and we only see the schedule as far as it goes, which is 2039-12-31 00:00:00Z. So treat both counts as a minimum.
About CASC
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.
Upcoming launches
Long March 12 | SatNet LEO Group TBD?
Long March 12 · Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
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Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou 24
Long March 2F/G · Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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Long March 10A | Demo Flight
Long March 10A · Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
2026
Long March 12A | Flight 2
Long March 12A · Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
2026
Long March 10 | Demo Flight
Long March 10 · Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
2027
Long March 5B | Xuntian Telescope
Long March 5B · Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
2027
Long March 5 | Chang'e 7
Long March 5 · Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
2027
Long March 5 | Chang'e 8
Long March 5 · Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
2029
The label on each flight says how exact its launch time is. If the date is only known to the month, you’ll see the month and no countdown. A weather go-probability only shows when Launch Library has one for that flight. EveryLaunch doesn’t work it out.
CASC in the archive
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Common questions
- How many launches has China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation flown?
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation has flown 623 launches under its own name. 607 succeeded and 16 failed. That counts launches it flew itself, not missions or payloads it contributed to.
- What is China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's success rate?
- 97.4%. That's 607 successful flights out of 623 attempts. Its last 14 launches in a row have succeeded.
- When is China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's next launch?
- Long March 8A | SatNet LEO Group TBD?, set for November 20, 2026 at about 11:00 UTC from Commercial LC-1. Launch Library files that time to the hour, so it can be out by up to an hour. Launch times are no-earlier-than targets and can move.
- Does China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation fly its own rockets, or buy launches from another operator?
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation has flown 623 launches under its own name. It's the operator on 9 scheduled flights. An operator owns the rocket and runs the count. A customer pays for the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. The operator filter on the launch schedule only lists operators, so a well-known agency can own a mission and still not show up there.
- Where is China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation based?
- China. Launch Library lists it as a government operator, founded in 1999.