China Launch Vehicle Flight History by Variant/Year (1970-2009) Page 1 of 2 Vehicles Based on DF-5 ICBM: L(F) = Number of Launches(Number of Failures) DF-5* FB-1 CZ-2(C) CZ-3 CZ-3A CZ-3B CZ-3C CZ-4(B) CZ-2D CZ-2E CZ-2F Orbit DF-5 (SD) CZ-4C Totals Totals Year L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1970 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1971 1(0) - - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1972 - 1(0)+ - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1973 - 1(1) - - - - - - - - - 1(1) 1(1) 1974 - 1(1) 1(1)** - - - - - - - - 2(2) 2(2) 1975 - 2(0) 1(0) - - - - - - - - 3(0) 3(0) 1976 - 2(1) 1(0) - - - - - - - - 3(1) 3(1) 1977 - 1(0)+ - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1978 - 1(0)+ 1(0) - - - - - - - - 1(0) 2(0) 1979 5(0) 1(1) - - - - - - - - - 1(1) 6(1) 1980 2(0) - - - - - - - - - - - 2(0) 1981 1(0) 1(0) - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 2(0) 1982 - - 1(0) - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0) 1983 - - 1(0) - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0) 1984 - - 1(0) 2(1) - - - - - - - 3(1) 3(1) 1985 - - 1(0) - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0) 1986 - - 1(0) 1(0) - - - - - - - 2(0) 2(0) 1987 - - 2(0) - - - - - - - - 2(0) 2(0) 1988 - - 1(0) 2(0) - - - 1(0) - - - 4(0) 4(0) 1989 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1990 - - 1(0) 2(0) - - - 1(0) - 1(0) - 5(0) 5(0) 1991 - - - 1(1) - - - - - - - 1(1) 1(1) 1992 - - 1(0) - - - - - 1(0) 2(1) - 4(1) 4(1) 1993 - - 1(0) - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0) 1994 - - - 1(0) 2(0) - - - 1(0) 1(0) - 5(0) 5(0) 1995 - - - - - - - - - 3(1) - 3(1) 3(1) 1996 - - - 2(1) - 1(1) - - 1(0) - - 4(2) 4(2) 1997 - - 2(0)% 1(0) 1(0) 2(0) - - - - - 6(0) 6(0) 1998 - - 4(0)% - - 2(0) - - - - - 6(0) 6(0) 1999 - - 1(0)% - - - - 2(0) - - 1(0) 4(0) 4(0) 2000 - - - 1(0) 3(0) - - 1(0) - - - 5(0) 5(0) 2001 - - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0) 1(0) 2002 - - - - - - - 2(0) - - 2(0) 4(0) 4(0) 2003 - - 1(0)++ - 2(0) - - 1(0) 1(0) - 1(0) 6(0) 6(0) 2004 - - 4(0) - 1(0) - - 2(0) 1(0) - - 8(0) 8(0) 2005 - - 1(0) - - 1(0) - - 2(0) - 1(0) 5(0) 5(0) 2006 - - 1(0) - 2(0) 1(0) - 2(0) - - - 6(0) 6(0) 2007 - - 1(0) - 4(0) 2(0) - 2(0) 1(0) - - 10(0) 10(0) 2008 - - 1(0) - 1(0) 2(0) 1(0) 3(0) 2(0) - 1(0) 11(0) 11(0) 2009 - - 2(0) - - 1(1) 1(0) 1(0) 1(0) - - 6(1) 6(1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DF-5* FB-1 CZ-2(C) CZ-3 CZ-3A CZ-3B CZ-3C CZ-4(B) CZ-2D CZ-2E CZ-2F Orbit DF-5 (SD/SM) CZ-4C Totals Totals L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Suborb 9(0) 3(0) - - - - - - - - - 12(0) Orbit - 8(4) 33(1) 13(3) 16(0) 12(2) 2(0) 18(0) 11(0) 7(2) 7(0) 127(12) Totals 9(0) 11(4) 33(1) 13(3) 16(0) 12(2) 2(0) 18(0) 11(0) 7(2) 7(0) 139(12) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ......... ................. ......... .......... Footnotes: * Suborbital ICBM tests: + Suborbital FB-1 test flights ** First flight (1974) by CZ-2 variant, 1975-93 launches by CZ-2C. % CZ-2C(SD) variants (launched Iridium satellite pairs) ++ CZ-2C(SM) variant (launched Double Star sats in cooperation w/ESA) "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 01/08/2010 by Ed Kyle