| Satellite Name | Number | Date Launched | COSPAR | Launch Vehicle | Launch Location | Orbit | AKA |
| ZARYA | 1998/11/20 | 1998-067A | Proton-K 395-01 | GIK-5 LC81L | LEO | 77KSM No. 17501, ISS 1A/R FUNCTIONAL CARGO BLOCK | |
| ZEYA | 1997/03/04 | 1997-010A | Start-1.2 | GIK-2 LC5 | Zeya | ||
| ZH | 2 | 2002/10/27 | 2002-049A | CZ-4B | Taiyuan | LEO | |
| ZHONGWEI | 01 | 1998/05/30 | 1998-033A | Chang Zheng 3B CZ3B-4 | XSC LC2 | Chinastar 1 | |
| ZHONGXING | 2 | 1988/12/22 | 1988-111A | Chang Zheng 3 CZ3-5 | XSC LC1 | DFH 2A-2 | |
| ZHONGXING | 20 | 2003/11/14 | 2003-052A | CZ-3A | Xichang | GEO | Feng Huo military communications system |
| ZHONGXING | 22A | 2006/09/12 | 2006-038A | Chang Zheng 3A | XSC | Zhongxing-22A | |
| ZHONGXING | 3 | 1990/02/04 | 1990-011A | Chang Zheng 3 CZ3-6 | XSC LC1 | DFH 2A | |
| ZHONGXING | 4 | 1991/12/28 | 1991-088A | Chang Zheng 3 CZ3-8 | XSC LC1 | DFH 2A-4 | |
| ZHONGXING | 6 | 1997/05/11 | 1997-021A | Chang Zheng 3A CZ3A-3 | XSC LC2 | GEO | DFH-3 |
| ZHONGXING | 7 | 1996/08/18 | 1996-048A | Chang Zheng 3 CZ3-11 | XSC LC1 | Chinasat 7 | |
| ZI YUAN | 1 | 1999/10/14 | 1999-057A | Chang Zheng 4B CZ4B-1 | TYSC LC1 | CBERS | |
| ZNAMYA-2 | 1992/10/27 | 1992-071C | Soyuz 11A511U2 15000-061 | GIK-5 LC31 | Znamya-2 | ||
| ZOND | 1964/02/19 | 1964-F01 | Molniya 8K78M T15000-19 | NIIP-5 LC1 | 3MV-1 No. 2 | ||
| ZOND | 1964/04/02 | 1964-016D | Molniya 8K78M T15000-23 | NIIP-5 LC1 | 3MV-1 No. 4 | ||
| ZOND | 2 | 1964/11/30 | 1964-078C | Molniya 8K78 | NIIP-5 LC1 | 3MV-4A No. 2 | |
| ZOND | 22 | 2000/01/25 | 2000-003A | Chang Zheng 3A CZ3A-4 | XSC LC2 | DFH, Chinasat | |
| ZOND | 3 | 1965/07/18 | 1965-056A | Molniya 8K78 | NIIP-5 LC1 | 3MV-4 No. 3 | |
| ZOND | 4 | 1967/09/27 | 1967-F11 | Proton-K/D 229-01 | NIIP-5 LC81L | L-1 No. 4L | |
| ZOND | 4 | 1967/11/22 | 1967-F12 | Proton-K/D 230-01 | NIIP-5 LC81P | L-1 No. 5L | |
| ZOND | 4 | 1968/03/02 | 1968-013A | Proton-K/D 231-01 | NIIP-5 LC81L | L-1 No. 6L | |
| ZOND | 5 | 1968/04/22 | 1968-F03 | Proton-K/D 232-01 | NIIP-5 LC81P | L-1 No. 7L | |
| ZOND | 5 | 1968/09/14 | 1968-076A | Proton-K/D 234-01 | NIIP-5 LC81L | L-1 No. 9L | |
| ZOND | 6 | 1968/11/10 | 1968-101A | Proton-K/D 235-01 | NIIP-5 LC81L | L-1 No. 12L | |
| ZOND | 7 | 1969/01/20 | 1969-F01 | Proton-K/D 237-01 | NIIP-5 LC81L | L-1 No. 13L | |
| ZOND | 7 | 1969/08/07 | 1969-067A | Proton-K/D 243-01 | NIIP-5 LC81L | L-1 No. 11 | |
| ZOND | 8 | 1970/10/20 | 1970-088A | Proton-K/D 250-01 | NIIP-5 LC81L | L-1 No. 14 | |
| ZVEZDA | 2000/07/12 | 2000-037A | Proton-K | Baykonur LC81L | LEO | ISS, 1R completed | |
| ZY | 2 | 2000/09/01 | 2000-050A | Chang Zheng 4B | Taiyuan | ||
| ZY-1 | 2 | 2003/10/21 | 2003-049A | CZ-4B | Taiyuan | LEO | China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite (CBERS 2) |
| Zi Yuan | 2C | 2004/11/06 | 2004-044A | CZ-4B | Taiyuan | LEO Polar | ZY-2 O3 |
Updated 2007/2/01