Wed 10 December 2025 at 2:36 pm UTC 2 min read A Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft and a crew of three astronauts, lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi desert, in northwest China on 31 October, 2025 (AFP via Getty Images) China has launched three of its Long March rockets in a single day, breaking a launch cadence record previously held by SpaceX. The three rockets lifted off within 19 hours of each other on Tuesday, pushing China’s tally for orbital launches this year to 83. “The launch mission was a complete success,” the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said in a statement. “This was the third successful launch of China’s Long March rockets today, setting a new record of three launches in one day.” Advertisement