SPACE LAUNCH REPORT China Launch Vehicle Flight History by Variant/Year (1957-Present) Page 4 of 7: DF-21 Based Vehicles SQX-1 = Hyperbola-1 = Shuang Quxian Ceres-1 = Gushenxing-1 L(F) = Number of Launches(Number of Failures) DF-21* KT-1 KZ-1(A) SQX-1 Ceres-1 ZQ-1 DF-21 (DF-21) (DF-21) (DF-21) (DF-21) (DF-26) Totals Year L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1980 - - - - - - - 1981 - - - - - - - 1982 2(1) - - - - - 2(1) 1983 - - - - - - - 1984 - - - - - - - 1985 3(1) - - - - - 3(1) 1986 - - - - - - - 1987 1(0) - - - - - 1(0) 1988 1(0) - - - - - 1(0) 1989 - - - - - - - 1990 - - - - - - - 1991 - - - - - - - 1992 2(2) - - - - - 2(2) 1993 1(1) - - - - - 1(1) 1994 - - - - - - - 1995 3(0) - - - - - 3(0) 1996 2(0) - - - - - 2(0) 1997 - - - - - - - 1998 - - - - - - - 1999 - - - - - - - 2000 - - - - - - - 2001 - - - - - - - 2002 2(0) 1(1) - - - - 3(1) 2003 - 1(1) - - - - 1(1) 2004 1(0) - - - - - 1(0) 2005 1(0) 1(1)# - - - - 2(1) 2006 1(0) - - - - - 1(0) 2007 1(0) - - - - - 1(0) 2008 - - - - - - - 2009 - - - - - - - 2010 1(0) - - - - - 1(0) 2011 - - - - - - - 2012 - - 1(1)*# - - - 1(1) 2013 2(0) - 1(0) - - - 3(0) 2014 1(0) - 1(0) - - - 2(0) 2015 1(0) - - - - - 1(0) 2016 - - - - - - - 2017 1(0) - 1(0)+ - - - 2(0) 2018 2(0) - 1(0)+ - - 1(1) 4(1) 2019 - - 5(0)+ 1(0)x - - 6(0) 2020 2(0) - 3(1)+ - 1(0) - 6(1) 2021 1(0) - 4(1)+ 2(2) 1(0) - 8(3) 2022 - - 4(0)+ 1(1) 2(0) - 7(1) 2023 2(0) - 6(0)+ 2(0) 7(1)z - 17(1) ------------------------------------------------------------------ DF-21* KT-1 KZ-1(A) SQX-1 Ceres-1 ZQ-1 DF-21 (DF-21) (DF-21) (DF-21) (DF-21) (DF-26) Totals L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Suborb 34(5) - - - - - 34(5) Orbit - 2(2) 26(2) 6(3) 11(1) 1(1) 46(9) Totals 34(5) 2(2) 26(2) 6(3) 11(1) 1(1) 80(14) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Footnotes: x 20.8 m tall version 1 flew in 2019. All subsequent were 24 m tall version 2. * Suborbital missile/vehicle tests/flights (data may be incomplete) # Unconfirmed, not included in total counts + KZ-1A z One Ceres-1S in 2023 DF-21 totals include JL-1, DF-26, and DF-27 launches "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) "KZ" = Kuaizhou, a small 4-stage rocket, with at least 3 solid fuel stages. 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 12/31/2023 by Ed Kyle