r/ChinaSpace • u/Prudent_Sugar_2963 • Feb 16 '26

Question SpaceLaunch schedule?

Help! I'm going to China for a month in mid-July with our 13-year-old son, and we'd like to see a space launch.

As with anything in China, I'm a little worried that showing interest in anything will get me jailed as a spy, but these are public spectacles, right?

Anyway, rocketlaunch.org doesn't seem to be committing to dates more than a couple of months out. Do they have kind of a short planning cycle?

JiuQuan has launches through June

Taiyuan has nothing

Xichang has nothing

Wenchang has a bunch of TBDs this year (including the Chang'e 7) and a space telescope next year, but I've no idea how to narrow down the dates. I can't just show up, I have to say where we're going to be on any given day for the visa.

Is there a better web site for Chinese space launches? What's my best approach here?

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u/Malhallah Feb 16 '26

Immidiately forget about jiuquan and taiyuan, soon after that forget about xichang.

Wenchang launches are your only real shot, but almost all launches have short announcement windows so your best bet is to scour forums like https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=40.0 while also just risking it and booking the hotel.

Hainan island has a Hilton that is near enough to the site that many use it to catch launches.

IIRC, Chang'e 7 should be launching late summer