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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| Satellite | Kind | Orbit class | Launched | Operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHINASAT 22A | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| YAOGAN 1 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| BEIJING 1 (TSINGHUA) | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| SJ-7 | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| SHIYAN 2 (SY-2) | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| JB-3 C | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| FENGYUN 2C | Earth-watching satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| SHIJIAN 6 01B (SJ-6 01B) | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| SHIJIAN 6 01A (SJ-6 01A) | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| DOUBLESTAR (TC-2) | Not known | Highly elliptical orbit | Ended | |
| NAXING 1 | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| TANSUO 1 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| CHINASAT 20 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| CHUANG XIN 1 (CZ-1) | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| CBERS 2 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| BD 1 03 | Navigation satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| FENGYUN 1D | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| HAIYANG 1 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| CHINASAT 31 (BEIDOU 1B) | Navigation satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| CHINASAT 32 (BEIDOU 1) | Navigation satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| TZINGHUA 1 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| FENGYUN 2B | Earth-watching satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| CHINASAT 22 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| CBERS 1 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| SJ-5 | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| FENGYUN 1C | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| CHINASAT 5B (SINOSAT 1) | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| CHINASAT 5A (CHINASTAR1) | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| DUMMY MASS 2 | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| DUMMY MASS 1 | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| FENGYUN 2A | Earth-watching satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| DFH-3 2 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| CHINASAT 7 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| DFH-3 1 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| SJ-4 | Not known | Highly elliptical orbit | Ended | |
| STTW-5 | Communications satellite | Highly elliptical orbit | Ended | |
| FENGYUN 1B | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| STTW-4 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| STTW-3 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| FENGYUN 1A | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | |
| STTW-2 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| STTW-1 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| STTW-T2 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | |
| STTW-T1 | Communications satellite | Highly elliptical orbit | Ended |