On September 19, 2015 at 23:01 UTC (on September 20 at 07:01 Beijing time) the “Long March – 6” (“Changzheng-6”) rocket-carrier was launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province. The rocket orbited 20 small satellites. Some of the 20 satellites sent into space went up housed inside mothership satellites, where they were stowed for later deployment. Many were assembled by students at Chinese universities. They will conduct technology demonstrations in orbit, including tests of electric propulsion, in-space communications links, new software and cameras, nanotechnology, and amateur radio relay. The following satellites were orbited: Xinyan-2; Lüliang-1; Naxing-2; Zheda Pixing-2A, -2B; Zidingxian-2; Xiwang-2A, -2B, -2C, 2D;… The 20 satellites are the most number of satellites ever launched on a single rocket by China.

On September 14, 2015 at 19:00 UTC the Russian "Proton-M” rocket-carrier was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome. The rocket equipped with the "DM-03” booster orbited the Russian “Express-AM8” telecommunication satellite. The satellite begins a 15-year mission at 14 degrees west longitude, covering a region stretching from the Americas to Europe, North Africa and Russia.

On September 14, 2015, at 04:42 UTC the “Long March – 2D” (“Changzheng-2D”) rocket-carrier was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, Gansu Province, the northwest of China. The rocket orbited the “Gaofen-9” remote sensing satellite. Xinhua said the “Gaofen-9” satellite “will be used in land survey, urban planning, road network design, agriculture, and disaster relief.”

On September 12, 2015 at 15:42 UTC, the Chang Zheng-3B/E (Long March-3B/E) rocket-carrier was launched from Xichang Cosmodrome, Sichuan province, southwestern China. The rocket orbited a super-secretive satellite unofficially claimed to be the Communications Engineering Test Satellite -1 (TXJSSY-1). The official announcement by the Chinese media described the satellite as a communication technology experimental satellite, without citing any official name.