China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
China's primary state-owned space contractor; operator of the Long March family of launch vehicles, designer of Tiangong space station, Shenzhou crewed capsule, and Beidou navigation satellites. Globally the second-largest annual launch operator by cadence after SpaceX.
FINANCIAL HEALTH
FLEET COMPOSITION
Every vehicle this operator has flown. Linked profiles carry the full reliability + reuse + subsystem record.
| Vehicle | Class | Launches | Success rate | Reuse | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chang Zheng 3B | — | 100 | 95.0% | — | |
| Chang Zheng 2D | — | 96 | 99.0% | — | |
| Chang Zheng 2C | — | 72 | 98.6% | — | |
| Chang Zheng 4C | — | 59 | 96.6% | — | |
| Chang Zheng 4B | — | 56 | 98.2% | — | |
| Chang Zheng 2F | — | 28 | 100.0% | — | |
| Chang Zheng 3A | — | 27 | 100.0% | — | |
| Gushenxing 1 | — | 23 | 91.3% | — | |
| Chang Zheng 11 | — | 18 | 100.0% | — | |
| Chang Zheng 6A | — | 17 | 100.0% | — | |
| Chang Zheng 3C | — | 17 | 100.0% | — | |
| Chang Zheng 6 | — | 15 | 100.0% | — | |
| Chang Zheng 3B Yz 1 | — | 15 | 100.0% | — | |
| Lijian 1 | — | 13 | 92.3% | — | |
| Chang Zheng 7A | — | 13 | 92.3% | — | |
| Chang Zheng 3 | — | 13 | 76.9% | — | |
| Jielong 3 | — | 11 | 100.0% | — | |
| Chang Zheng 7 | — | 9 | 100.0% | — | |
| Chang Zheng 5 | — | 9 | 88.9% | — | |
| Chang Zheng 2C Yz 1S | — | 9 | 88.9% | — | |
| Feng Bao 1 | — | 8 | 50.0% | — | |
| Chang Zheng 2E | — | 7 | 71.4% | — | |
| Chang Zheng 2C Iii Sd | — | 7 | 100.0% | — | |
| Chang Zheng 8A | — | 6 | 100.0% | — | |
| Chang Zheng 8 | — | 5 | 100.0% | — | |
| Chang Zheng 5B | — | 4 | 100.0% | — | |
| Chang Zheng 2D Yz 3 | — | 4 | 100.0% | — | |
| Long March 2D | — | 3 | 100.0% | — | |
| Kt 1 | — | 3 | 0.0% | — | |
| Chang Zheng 5B Yz 2 | — | 3 | 100.0% | — | |
| Chang Zheng 3C Yz 1 | — | 3 | 100.0% | — | |
| Chang Zheng 12 | — | 3 | 100.0% | — | |
| Yinli 1 | — | 2 | 100.0% | — | |
| Long March 7 | — | 2 | 100.0% | — | |
| Kuaizhou | — | 2 | 100.0% | — | |
| Chang Zheng 4 | — | 2 | 100.0% | — | |
| Chang Zheng 2 | — | 2 | 50.0% | — | |
| Chang Zheng 1 | — | 2 | 100.0% | — | |
| Tianlong 3 | — | 1 | 0.0% | — | |
| Tianlong 2 | — | 1 | 100.0% | — | |
| Smart Dragon 3 | — | 1 | 100.0% | — | |
| Os M1 | — | 1 | 0.0% | — | |
| Long March 8 | — | 1 | 100.0% | — | |
| Long March 6A | — | 1 | 100.0% | — | |
| Long March 8 | — | 1 | 100.0% | — | |
| Long March 6A | — | 1 | 100.0% | — | |
| Long March 4C | — | 1 | 100.0% | — | |
| Long March 2F G | — | 1 | 100.0% | — | |
| Long March 2C Yz 1S | — | 1 | 100.0% | — | |
| Lijian 2 | — | 1 | 100.0% | — | |
| Kuaizhou 1A | — | 1 | 100.0% | — | |
| Jielong 1 | — | 1 | 100.0% | — | |
| Gushenxing 2 | — | 1 | 0.0% | — | |
| Chang Zheng 7 Yz 1A | — | 1 | 100.0% | — | |
| Chang Zheng 6C | — | 1 | 100.0% | — | |
| Chang Zheng 5 Yz 2 | — | 1 | 100.0% | — |
RECENT LAUNCHES
| Date | Mission | Vehicle | Orbit | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 05, 2026 | TBD | Long March 8 | SSO | Success | |
| Jun 04, 2026 | TBD | Long March 6A | SSO | Success | |
| May 30, 2026 | 4 x SatNet test satellites | Long March 2D | LEO | Success | |
| May 26, 2026 | Tianzhou-10 | Long March 7 | GEO | Success | |
| May 24, 2026 | Shenzhou 23 Fanhui Cang | Chang Zheng 2F | LEO | Success | |
| May 17, 2026 | SpaceSail Polar Group #9 | Long March 8 | SSO | Success | |
| May 15, 2026 | Tianyan-27 | Lijian 1 | — | Success | |
| May 12, 2026 | SpaceSail Polar Group #8 | Long March 6A | SSO | Success | |
| May 11, 2026 | Tianzhou-10 | Long March 7 | LEO | Success | |
| Apr 25, 2026 | PRSC-EO3 | Chang Zheng 6 | LEO | Success |
SECTOR POSITION
RECENT COVERAGE
| Date | Source | Headline |
|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2026 | NextSpaceflight | Long March 2D | 4 x SatNet test satellites |
| May 26, 2026 | NextSpaceflight | Long March 7A | TJSW-24 |
| May 25, 2026 | NASASpaceFlight | Launch Preview: Starlink and Amazon Leo missions fill manifest |
| May 24, 2026 | NextSpaceflight | Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou 23 |
| May 17, 2026 | NextSpaceflight | Long March 8 | SpaceSail Polar Group #9 |
REGISTRY DATA
Source: space_company_registry.json · Operator homepage → · Wikipedia summary of CASC corporate history, subsidiaries, and Long March family. Operator's English-language site at english.spacechina.com confirms ownership structure.
METHODOLOGY
Launch history and subsystem outcomes aggregate from AstraVeris's launch_events table with Wilson 95% lower bounds on success rates. ARI scores come from the 11-factor composite (/finance/methodology/). Constellation counts derive from the live CelesTrak/GCAT object catalog. Gov contracts from USAspending.gov awards; private deals from deduplicated pipeline deal extraction. Absence of a row means "not tracked" — we never fabricate. See /methodology/ for the full data model and /data-licensing/ for licensing terms.
Not investment advice. For insurance underwriting, verify against primary-source filings and operator investigation reports.