Past launch
Launched successfully
TJSW-21
Long March 3B/E, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Launches / Long March 3B/E
Long March 3B/E, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
This was China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 55th launch of 2025, and its 556th in all.
Counting every operator, it was the 276th orbital launch attempt anywhere in 2025, and the eighth from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2).
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Chinese classified satellite claimed to be for communication technology test purposes. Actual mission not known.
The Long March 3B / E (G2) (CZ-3B / E) is one of the most successful medium-range launchers and the strongest variant of the CZ-3 series. It was specially developed for the transport of heavy communications satellites into a geostationary transfer orbit. The additional designation "E" stands for a higher payload fairing, stretched boosters and extended fuel tanks at the first stage, over the CZ-3B.
78 flights, 76 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.
It went up from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) at Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China.
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