Satellites of China, People's Republic of

1,644 satellites in orbit, 1,444 operating.

The count is the catalogue’s as of Nov 10, 2026, 12:17 AM; whether a satellite is operating is as Orbinauts writes it where it has written when the satellite’s mission ended, and otherwise as Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue believes it, licensed CC BY 4.0: GCAT

GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue (CC BY 4.0), credits these satellites to China, People's Republic of under the code CN.

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SatelliteKindOrbit classLaunchedOperating
CHINASAT 22ACommunications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
YAOGAN 1Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
BEIJING 1 (TSINGHUA)Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
SJ-7Not knownLow Earth orbitEnded
SHIYAN 2 (SY-2)Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
JB-3 CEarth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
FENGYUN 2CEarth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
SHIJIAN 6 01B (SJ-6 01B)Not knownLow Earth orbitEnded
SHIJIAN 6 01A (SJ-6 01A)Not knownLow Earth orbitEnded
DOUBLESTAR (TC-2)Not knownHighly elliptical orbitEnded
NAXING 1Not knownLow Earth orbitEnded
TANSUO 1Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
CHINASAT 20Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
CHUANG XIN 1 (CZ-1)Communications satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
CBERS 2Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
BD 1 03Navigation satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
FENGYUN 1DEarth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
HAIYANG 1Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
CHINASAT 31 (BEIDOU 1B)Navigation satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
CHINASAT 32 (BEIDOU 1)Navigation satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
TZINGHUA 1Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
FENGYUN 2BEarth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
CHINASAT 22Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
CBERS 1Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
SJ-5Not knownLow Earth orbitEnded
FENGYUN 1CEarth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
CHINASAT 5B (SINOSAT 1)Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
CHINASAT 5A (CHINASTAR1)Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
DUMMY MASS 2Communications satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
DUMMY MASS 1Communications satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
FENGYUN 2AEarth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
DFH-3 2Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
CHINASAT 7Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
DFH-3 1Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
SJ-4Not knownHighly elliptical orbitEnded
STTW-5Communications satelliteHighly elliptical orbitEnded
FENGYUN 1BEarth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
STTW-4Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
STTW-3Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
FENGYUN 1AEarth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
STTW-2Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
STTW-1Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
STTW-T2Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
STTW-T1Communications satelliteHighly elliptical orbitEnded