SPACE LAUNCH REPORT China Launch Vehicle Flight History by Variant/Year (1957-Present) Page 5 of 7: DF-31 Based Vehicles L(F) = Number of Launches(Number of Failures) DF-31* KP-7 CZ-11 KT-2 KZ-11 DF-31 (DF-31) (DF-31) (DF-31) (DF-31) Totals Year L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1990 - - - - - - - 1991 - - - - - - - 1992 - - - - - - 1993 - - - - - - - 1994 - - - - - - - 1995 - - - - - - 1996 - - - - - - 1997 - - - - - - 1998 - - - - - - - 1999 1(0) - - - - 1(0) 2000 2(0) - - - - 2(0) 2001 - - - - - - - 2002 1(1)* - - - - 1(1) 2003 - - - - 2004 1(0)+ - - - - 1(0) - 2005 1(0)+ - - - - 1(0) - 2006 1(0) - - - - 1(0) 2007 - - - - - - - 2008 1(0)+ - - - - 1(0) - 2009 - - - - - - - 2010 - - - - - - - 2011 - - - - - - - 2012 4(0)+ - - - - 4(0) - 2013 1(0)x 1(0) - - - 2(0) - 2014 2(0)x - - - - 2(0) 2015 2(0) 1(0) - - 3(0) 2016 - - 1(0) - - 1(0) 2017 - - 1(0) - 1(0) 2018 1(0)+ - 3(0) - - 4(0) 2019 3(0)+ - 3(0) - - 6(0) 2020 - - 3(0) - 1(1) 4(1) 2021 - - - - - - 2022 - - 4(0) - 1(0) 5(0) 2023 - - 2(0) - - 2(0) ------------------------------------------------------------------ DF-31* KP-7 CZ-11 KT-2 KZ-11 DF-31 (DF-31) (DF-31) (DF-31) (DF-31) Totals L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Suborb 21(1) - - - - 21(1) Orbit - - 17(0) 1(0) 2(1) 20(1) Totals 17(0) 1(0) 2(1) 41(2) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Footnotes: * Suborbital missile/vehicle tests/flights (data may be incomplete). Includes DF-31(A/B), JL-2, DF-41. "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. "KP" = Kupeng, a multi-stage rocket that flew suborbital to ~30,000 km in 2013. 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