Below are the number of orbital and deep space launches from China.
| YEAR |
LAUNCHES |
SUCCESS |
FAILURE |
| 2016 |
22 |
21 |
1 |
| 2015 |
19 |
19 |
0 |
| 2014 |
16 |
16 |
0 |
| 2013 |
15 |
14 |
1 |
| 2012 |
19 |
19 |
0 |
| 2011 |
19 |
18 |
1 |
| 2010 |
15 |
15 |
0 |
| 2009 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
| 2008 |
11 |
11 |
0 |
| 2007 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
| 2006 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
| 2005 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
| 2004 |
8 |
8 |
0 |
| 2003 |
7 |
6 |
1 |
| 2002 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
| 2001 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| 2000 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
| 1999 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
| 1998 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
| 1997 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
| 1996 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
| 1995 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
| 1994 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
| 1993 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| 1992 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
| 1991 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| 1990 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
| 1988 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
| 1987 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
| 1986 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
| 1985 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| 1984 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
| 1983 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| 1982 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| 1981 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| 1979 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| 1978 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| 1976 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
| 1975 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
| 1974 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| 1973 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| 1971 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| 1970 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| 1958 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
The data is based on a SQL interface to the 2017 JSR Launch Vehicle Database, as described in my answer here. These numbers are pretty close to the numbers from Wikipedia, but not exact matches. These questions are always more complicated than we'd like them to be and depend on how we define things like space and success.
The results are based on the below SQL query. If you want to verify the results or compare them to another source, replace the items in the SELECT clause with * and remove the GROUP BY and ORDER BY lines to get the full details.
select
to_char(launch_date, 'YYYY') year
,count(*) launches
,sum(case when launch_status = 'success' then 1 else 0 end) success
,sum(case when launch_status = 'failure' then 1 else 0 end) failure
from launch
join site
on launch.site_id = site.site_id
where
launch_category in ('deep space', 'orbital') and
(
site_full_name like '%Jiuquan Space Center%' or
site_full_name like '%Hainan%' or
site_full_name like '%Xichang%' or
site_full_name like '%China%' or
site_full_name like '%zhongxin%'
)
group by to_char(launch_date, 'YYYY')
order by year desc;
