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Long March · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Long March 5B/YZ-2

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Specifications

Status
active
Height
53.66 m
Diameter
5 m
Mass
837,000 kg
Stages
2
First flight
2024-12-16
Total launches
3
Success / Fail
3 / 0

Long March 5 or Changzheng 5 (CZ-5), also known by its nickname "Pang-Wu", is a Chinese heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT). The most powerful Chinese rocket and Long March rocket ever built, it is also the most powerful orbital launch vehicle operating outside of the United States. First launched in 2016, CZ-5 has carried cornerstones of the Chinese space program: all three modules of the Tiangong space station, two Moon sample returns, and one Mars mission.

Propulsion

Boosters

8×YF-1001,200 kN
RP-1 / LOX · staged-combustion
CASCIsp 335s (vac)since 20154 boosters × 2

First stage

2×YF-77510 kN
LH2 / LOX · gas-generator
CASCIsp 430s (vac)since 2016core

Payloads it launched · 23

USA 554
GEO
NTS-3
GEO
USA 571
GEO
HULIANWANG DIGUI-23
LEO
HULIANWANG DIGUI-22
LEO
HULIANWANG DIGUI-24
LEO
HULIANWANG DIGUI-29
LEO
HULIANWANG DIGUI-25
LEO
HULIANWANG DIGUI-28
LEO
HULIANWANG DIGUI-20
LEO
HULIANWANG DIGUI-26
LEO
HULIANWANG DIGUI-27
LEO
HULIANWANG DIGUI-21
LEO
HULIANWANG DIGUI-02
LEO
HULIANWANG DIGUI-09
LEO
HULIANWANG DIGUI-03
LEO
HULIANWANG DIGUI-10
LEO
HULIANWANG DIGUI-05
LEO
HULIANWANG DIGUI-04
LEO
HULIANWANG DIGUI-06
LEO
HULIANWANG DIGUI-07
LEO
HULIANWANG DIGUI-01
LEO
HULIANWANG DIGUI-08
LEO