China Launch Vehicle Flight History by Variant/Year (1957-2008) Page 2 of 3: DF-3 and DF-31 Based Vehicles L(F) = Number of Launches(Number of Failures) DF-3* CZ-1 CZ-1D DF-31* KT-1 DF-3 DF-31 (DF-3) (DF-3) (DF-31) Totals Totals Year L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1957 - - - - - - - - 1958 - - - - - - - - 1959 - - - - - - - - 1960 - - - - - - - - 1961 - - - - - - - - 1962 - - - - - - - - 1963 - - - - - - - - 1964 - - - - - - - - 1965 - - - - - - - - 1966 1(0)* - - - - - 1(0) - 1967 - - - - - - - - 1968 1(0)* - - - - - 1(0) - 1969 - - - - - - - - 1970 1(0)* 1(0) - - - - 2(0) - 1971 - 1(0) - - - - 1(0) - 1972 - - - - - - - - 1973 - - - - - - - - 1974 - - - - - - - - 1975 - - - - - - - - 1976 - - - - - - - - 1977 - - - - - - - - 1978 - - - - - - - - 1979 - - - - - - - - 1980 - - - - - - - - 1981 - - - - - - - - 1982 - - - - - - - - 1983 - - - - - - - - 1984 - - - - - - - - 1985 - - - - - - - - 1986 - - - - - - - - 1987 - - - - - - - - 1988 - - - - - - - - 1989 - - - - - - - - 1990 - - - - - - - - 1991 - - - - - - - - 1992 - - - 2(0) - - - 2(0) 1993 - - - - - - - - 1994 - - - - - - - - 1995 - - 1(0)* 1(0) - - 1(0) 1(0) 1996 - - - 2(0) - - - 2(0) 1997 - - 1(0)* - - - 1(0) - 1998 - - - - - - - - 1999 - - - 1(0) - - - 1(0) 2000 - - - 2(0) - - - 2(0) 2001 - - - - - - - - 2002 - - 1(1)* - 1(1) - 1(1) 1(1) 2003 - - - - 1(1) - - 1(1) 2004 - - - - - - - - 2005 - - - - - - - - 2006 - - - 1(0) - - - 1(0) 2007 - - - - - - - - 2008 - - - - - - - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- DF-3* CZ-1 CZ-1D DF-31* KT-1 DF-3 DF-31 (DF-3) (DF-3) (DF-31) Totals Totals L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Suborb 3(0) - 3(1) 9(0) - - 6(1) 9(0) Orbit - 2(0) - - 2(2) - 2(0) 2(2) Totals 8(1) 11(2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Footnotes: * Suborbital missile/vehicle tests/flights (data may be incomplete) "DF" = Dong Feng "FB" = Feng Bao (based on DF-5 missile) "CZ" = Chang Zheng (Long March) (CZ-2, 3, and 4 based on DF-5 missile, CZ-1 based on DF-3 missile) "KT" = Kaitouzha (based on DF-31 missile) References: Jonathan's Space Report Launch Vehicle Database "http://www.planet4589.org/space/lvdb/index.html" Encylopedia Astronautica "http://www.astronautix.com/" Gunter's Space Page "http://www.skyrocket.de/space" Last Update 12/24/2008 by Ed Kyle