Long March·China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Long March 3C/YZ-1
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Specifications
- Status
- active
- Height
- 54.8 m
- Diameter
- 3.35 m
- Mass
- 345,000 kg
- Stages
- 3
- Thrust
- 4,441 kN
- Payload to LEO
- 0
- Payload to GTO
- 4,800 kg
- First flight
- 2015-03-30
- Total launches
- 3
- Success / Fail
- 3 / 0
The Long March 3B, also known as the CZ-3B and LM-3B, is a Chinese orbital launch vehicle. 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 the heaviest variant of the Long March 3 rocket family, and is mainly used to place communications satellites and navigation satellites into geosynchronous orbits.
Payloads it launched
3 loaded