Past launch
Launched successfully
TJSW-20
Long March 5, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Launches / Long March 5
Long March 5, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
This was China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 48th launch of 2025, and its 549th in all.
Counting every operator, it was the 244th orbital launch attempt anywhere in 2025, and the third from 101.
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Chinese classified satellite claimed to be for communication technology test purposes. Actual mission not known.
Long March 5 is a Chinese heavy lift launch system developed by China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT). CZ-5 is the first Chinese vehicle designed from the ground up to focus on non-hypergolic liquid rocket propellants. Currently, two CZ-5 vehicle configurations are planned, with maximum payload capacities of ~25,000 kilograms (55,000 lb) to LEO and ~14,000 kilograms (31,000 lb) to GTO. The Long March 5 roughly matches the capabilities of American EELV heavy-class vehicles such as the Delta IV Heavy.
9 flights, 9 of them successful.
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
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.
612 launches so far, 596 of them successful. The last 3 in a row went to plan.
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