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Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

242 launches have flown from the 4 pads here, the first in January 1984.

Pads
4 4 active
Launches
242
Success rate
95.5% 231/242
First flight
1984-01-29
Latest flight
2026-07-23

Location

Pads

PadStatusLaunchesSuccessFirstLatest
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)Active12694.4%1990-07-162026-07-23
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)Active10896.3%1984-01-292026-05-30
Mobile Launcher PadActive8100.0%2020-05-292025-07-31
Unknown PadActive0–––

Who launches from here

2 operators

Vehicles flown

18 types

Launch cadence

decided flights per year
1984Peak 2024, 19 launches2026

Site record

Country
China
Coordinates
28.2455Β° N, 102.0268Β° E
Pads
4 (4 active)
Pad operators
China National Space Administration
Top orbit
Geostationary Transfer Orbit (66)

Recent flights

242 flights
DateMissionPadVehicleOperatorOrbitOutcome
2026-07-23Long March 3B/E | Tianlian 2-06Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)Long March 3B/E–Geostationary Transfer OrbitSuccess
2026-06-16Long March 3B/E | Shijian 31Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)Long March 3B/E–Elliptical OrbitSuccess
2026-05-30Long March 2D | 4 x SatNet test satellitesLaunch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)Long March 2D–Low Earth OrbitSuccess
2026-04-24Long March 2D | 4 x SatNet test satellitesLaunch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)Long March 2D–Low Earth OrbitSuccess
2026-03-12Long March 2D | Shiyan 30 03-04Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)Long March 2D–Low Earth OrbitSuccess
2026-01-16Long March 3B/E | Shijian 32Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)Long March 3B/E–Geostationary Transfer OrbitFailure
2025-12-26Long March 3B/E | Fengyun-4CLaunch Complex 2 (LC-2)Long March 3B/E–Geostationary Transfer OrbitSuccess
2025-12-09Long March 3B/E | TJSW-22Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)Long March 3B/E–Geostationary Transfer OrbitSuccess
2025-11-21Long March 3B/E | TJSW-21Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)Long March 3B/E–Elliptical OrbitSuccess
2025-10-26Long March 3B/E | Gaofen-14 02Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)Long March 3B/E–Sun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
2025-09-29Long March 2D | Shiyan 30 01-02Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)Long March 2D–Low Earth OrbitSuccess
2025-09-05Long March 3C/YZ-1 | Shiyan 29Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)Long March 3C/YZ-1–Geosynchronous OrbitSuccess
2025-08-17Long March 4C | Shiyan 28 B-02Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)Long March 4C–Low Earth OrbitSuccess
2025-07-31Kuaizhou 1A | PRSC-S1Mobile Launcher PadKuaizhou 1AExPaceLow Earth OrbitSuccess
2025-07-03Long March 4C | Shiyan 28 B-01Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)Long March 4C–Low Earth OrbitSuccess
2025-06-20Long March 3B/E | ChinaSat 9CLaunch Complex 2 (LC-2)Long March 3B/E–Geostationary Transfer OrbitSuccess
2025-05-28Long March 3B/E | Tianwen-2Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)Long March 3B/E–AsteroidSuccess
2025-05-12Long March 3C/E | TJSW-19Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)Long March 3C/E–Geostationary Transfer OrbitSuccess
2025-04-27Long March 3B/E | Tianlian 2-05Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)Long March 3B/E–Geostationary Transfer OrbitSuccess
2025-04-10Long March 3B/E | TJSW-17Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)Long March 3B/E–Geostationary Transfer OrbitSuccess
2025-03-26Long March 3B/E | Tianlian 2-04Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)Long March 3B/E–Geostationary Transfer OrbitSuccess
2025-03-09Long March 3B/E | TJSW-15Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)Long March 3B/E–Geostationary Transfer OrbitSuccess
2025-02-22Long March 3B/E | ChinaSat 10RLaunch Complex 2 (LC-2)Long March 3B/E–Geostationary Transfer OrbitSuccess
2025-01-23Long March 3B/E | TJSW-14Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)Long March 3B/E–Geostationary Transfer OrbitSuccess
2025-01-06Long March 3B/E | Shijian 25Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)Long March 3B/E–Geostationary Transfer OrbitSuccess
2024-12-20Long March 3B/E | TJSW-12Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)Long March 3B/E–Geostationary Transfer OrbitSuccess
2024-12-04Kuaizhou 1A | Haishao-1Mobile Launcher PadKuaizhou 1AExPaceLow Earth OrbitSuccess
2024-12-03Long March 3B/E | TJSW-13Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)Long March 3B/E–Elliptical OrbitSuccess
2024-10-23Long March 2C | Yaogan 43 Group 03Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)Long March 2C–Low Earth OrbitSuccess
2024-10-10Long March 3B/E | WHG-03Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)Long March 3B/E–Geostationary Transfer OrbitSuccess

Each pad's full history is on its own page.

Pad records from Launch Library 2. Flights and company identity fromSpace Index. How the numbers are derived.