Long March 3
ACTIVE
LAUNCHER INFO
The Long March 3B is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. Introduced in 1996, it is launched from Launch Area 2 and 3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan. A three-stage rocket with four strap-on liquid rocket boosters, it is currently the most powerful member of the Long March rocket family and the heaviest of the Long March 3 rocket family, and is mainly used to place communications satellites into geosynchronous orbits.
MANUFACTURER INFO
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
LAUNCHER SPECIFICATIONS
(diameter)
3.35 m
TO GTO
5100 kg
(length)
54.8 m
TO LEO
11500 kg
(reusable)
false
LAUNCH STATISTICS
TOTAL LAUNCHES
25
SUCCESSFUL LAUNCHES
22
FAILED LAUNCHES
3