SPACE LAUNCH REPORT China Launch Vehicle Flight History by Variant/Year (1957-Present) Page 2 of 7: DF-3 Based Vehicles L(F) = Number of Launches(Number of Failures) DF-3* CZ-1 CZ-1D* DF-4* DF-3 (DF-3) (DF-3) Totals Year 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 3(0)* - - - 3(0) 1968 1(0)* - - - 1(0) 1969 1(0)* - - 1(1)* 2(1) 1970 - 2(0)*x - 2(0)* 4(0) 1971 - 1(0) - 1(0)* 2(0) 1972 - - - - - 1973 - - - - - 1974 3(0)* - - - 3(0) 1975 - - - - - 1976 1(0)* - - 3(0)* 4(0) 1977 - - - 2(0)* 2(0) 1978 - - - - 1979 - - - - 1980 - - - 3(0)* 3(0) 1981 - - - - - 1982 2(0)* - - - 2(0) 1983 - - - - - 1984 - - - - - 1985 1(0)*# - - - 1(0) 1986 1(0)*# - - 1(0)* 2(0) 1987 - - - - - 1988 - - - - - 1989 - - - - - 1990 - - - - - 1991 - - - - - 1992 - - - 1(0)* 1(0) 1993 - - - - - 1994 - - - - - 1995 - - 1(0)* - 1(0) 1996 - - - - - 1997 - - 1(0)* - 1(0) 1998 - - - - - 1999 - - - - - 2000 - - - - - 2001 1(0) - - - 1(0) 2002 - - - 1(1) 1(1) 2003 - - - - - 2004 - - - - - 2005 - - - - - 2006 - - - - - 2007 - - - - - 2008 - - - - - 2009 - - - - - 2010 - - - - - 2011 - - - - - 2012 - - - - - 2013 - - - - - 2014 - - - - - 2015 - - - - - 2016 - - - - - 2017 - - - 1(0) 1(0) 2018 - - - - - 2019 - - - - - 2020 - - - - - 2021 - - - - - 2022 - - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------ DF-3* CZ-1 CZ-1D* DF-4* DF-3 (DF-3) (DF-3) Totals L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Suborb 15(0) 1(0) 2(0) 16(2) 34(2) Orbit - 2(0) - - 2(0) Totals 15(0) 3(0) 2(0) 16(2) 36(2) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Footnotes: * Suborbital missile/vehicle tests/flights (data may be incomplete) x One suborbital CZ-1 test flight. Others orbital. # CZ-3A variants. "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) 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