First successful test of DF-2. More details 12 September 1964 Chinese missiles redesignated. 16 October 1964 First Chinese atomic bomb tested. Nor, where warhead successfully explodes. First successful flight of DF-3.
China conducts first thermonuclear bomb test.
01 November 1969 First satellite launch attempt, CZ-1. More details 30 January 1970 First DF-3 test. June 1976 Date uncertain. First test of DF-4. More details 07 January 1979 First test of DF-5 from Wuzhai.