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Operator file · CN-1035

Seventh Ministry of Machine Building Industry

China · Government · EST. 1964

Seventh Ministry of Machine Building Industry is a government launch operator based in China, founded in 1964. The register credits it with 14 launches flown under its own name — 9 successful, 5 failed, a lifetime success rate of 64.3%. It is not flying anything inside the current manifest window.

SourceLAUNCH LIBRARY 2
Window reaches2026-12-31 00:00:00Z
Page generated2026-10-11 16:49:11Z

Flight record

Launch statistics

ON RECORD
Total launches14
Successful9
Failed5
Success rate64.3%
Consecutive successes1
Scheduled0
Founded1964

Counts are launches filed under CASC’s own name in The Space Devs’ Launch Library register. They are not a count of missions or payloads: a spacecraft that flew on a contracted vehicle is credited to the operator that flew it.

Who flies for them, and who they fly for

An operator owns the rocket and runs the count, and it is the operator’s name the launch schedule filters by. A customer funds the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. Plenty of organisations are both. CASC is counted below in whichever role the current manifest actually gives it.

Manifest role

NONE FILED
Flying as operator0
Named as customer0
Window reaches2026-12-31 00:00:00Z
Scheduled (register total)0

No scheduled flight in the current window names CASC while being operated by somebody else.

How this is counted: a scheduled launch is treated as a customer flight when this organisation’s name or abbreviation appears in the launch name, mission name or programme and somebody else is flying it. Mission descriptions are not searched, and the window is one batch of the next launches worldwide, reaching to 2026-12-31 00:00:00Z — so both counts are a floor, not a complete manifest.

About CASC

Chinese governmental entity in charge of space research from November 1964 to April 1982.

Upcoming launches

Manifest

EMPTY

CASC is not flying anything inside the current manifest window, which reaches to 2026-12-31 00:00:00Z. Missions appear here the moment a launch date is published.

All upcoming launches

“T-0 known to” is the register’s own precision on the launch time — a date good only to the month is shown as such rather than counted down as if it were exact. A go-probability appears only where the operator published one for that flight; Delta-V does not calculate it and it is not a forecast made here.

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Common questions

How many launches has Seventh Ministry of Machine Building Industry flown?
Seventh Ministry of Machine Building Industry has 14 launches on record under its own name, of which 9 succeeded and 5 failed. The register counts launches flown under an operator's own name, not missions or payloads it contributed to.
What is Seventh Ministry of Machine Building Industry's success rate?
Seventh Ministry of Machine Building Industry has a lifetime launch success rate of 64.3%, calculated as 9 successful flights out of 14 attempts. Its current run is 1 consecutive successes.
When is Seventh Ministry of Machine Building Industry's next launch?
Seventh Ministry of Machine Building Industry is not flying anything inside Delta-V's current manifest window, which reaches to 2026-12-31 00:00:00Z.
Does Seventh Ministry of Machine Building Industry fly its own rockets, or buy launches from another operator?
Seventh Ministry of Machine Building Industry has 14 launches flown under its own name in the launch register. It is not the operator on any flight in the current manifest window. An operator owns the rocket and runs the count; a customer funds the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. The operator filter on the launch schedule lists only the former, which is why a well-known agency can be central to a flight and still not appear on it.
Where is Seventh Ministry of Machine Building Industry based?
Seventh Ministry of Machine Building Industry is based in China and the register classifies it as a government operator. It was founded in 1964.