Rockets / China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Long March 3B
Long March 3B · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · active
Total launches
24
all time
Success rate
12.5%
21 of 24
Failed
3
all time
Pending
0
0 on the board
About this vehicle
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.
Source: Launch Library 2 record #19 · Wikipedia
Specifications
- Manufacturer
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Status
- Active
- Reusable
- No
- Maiden flight
- 1996-02-14
- Height
- 54.8 m
- Diameter
- 3.4 m
- Liftoff mass
- 426 t
- Thrust
- 5,923 kN
- Stages
- 0–3
- Payload to LEO
- 11,500 kg
- Payload to GTO
- 5,100 kg
- Launch cost
- 70000000
Next flights on this rocket
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Where it flies from
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