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Long March·China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Long March 3A

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Specifications

Status
active
Height
52.5 m
Diameter
3.35 m
Mass
240,000 kg
Stages
3
Thrust
2,962 kN
Payload to LEO
0
Payload to GTO
2,300 kg
First flight
1994-02-08
Total launches
27
Success / Fail
27 / 0

The Long March 3A, also known as the Chang Zheng 3A, CZ-3A and LM-3A, is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket, part of the Long March family of expendable rockets. A three-stage rocket, it was usually used to place communications satellites and Beidou navigation satellites into geosynchronous transfer orbit. It was manufactured by the Great Wall Industry Corporation.

Payloads it launched

28 loaded
BEIDOU-2 IGSO-7 (C16)
Beidou · GEO
FENGYUN 2H
GEO
BEIDOU-2 IGSO-6 (C13)
Beidou · GEO
FENGYUN 2G
GEO
FENGYUN 2F
GEO
BEIDOU-2 IGSO-5 (C10)
Beidou · GEO
BEIDOU-2 IGSO-4 (C09)
Beidou · GEO
BEIDOU-2 IGSO-3 (C08)
Beidou · GEO
BEIDOU-2 IGSO-2 (C07)
Beidou · GEO
ZHONGXING-20A
GEO
BEIDOU-2 IGSO-1 (C06)
Beidou · GEO
FENGYUN 2E
GEO
CHANG'E-1
Lunar
EUTELSAT 8 WEST D
GEO
BEIDOU-2 M1
Beidou · MEO
BEIDOU-1 G4
Beidou · GEO
FENGYUN 2D
GEO
ZHONGXING-22A
GEO
FENGYUN 2C
GEO
ZHONGXING-20
GEO
BEIDOU-1 G3
Beidou · GEO
CHINASAT 31 (BEIDOU-1 G2)
GEO
CHINASAT 32 (BEIDOU-1 G1)
GEO
ZHONGXING-22
GEO
DFH 3-2
GEO
DFH 3-1
GEO
SJ-4
MEO
DUMMY MASS
LEO