RetiredCALT / CASCFirst Launch: 1994-02-08
Long March 3A
China's first rocket to use a cryogenic hydrogen upper stage, used for GTO satellites before being succeeded by the 3B and 3C.
SpaceStats Reliability & Flight Record
TOTAL LAUNCHES
27
Orbital missions
SUCCESSFUL
27
0 failures
SUCCESS RATE
100.0%
LANDINGS
0
Expendable Vehicle
CALT / CASCFeatured Photography
Orbital Launch Vehicle
Orbit Deck Space Catalog
Technical & Propulsion Specifications
Operator: CALT / CASCVehicle Dimensions & Mass
- Overall Height
- 52.52 m
- Body Diameter
- 3.35 m
- Gross Lift-off Mass
- 241 t
- Stages Count
- 3
- Fairing Diameter
- 3.35 m
Stage 1 (Booster)
- Recovery Mode
- Expendable
Stage 2 & Capacities
- LEO Capacity
- 8.5 t
- GTO Capacity
- 2.6 t
- Cost per Launch
- $70,000,000
- LEO Price / kg
- ~$8,235 / kg
High-Resolution Photo Gallery & Media
2 photos & renders of Long March 3A
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LiftoffOrbital Launch Vehicle
Commercial orbital rocket ascending from coastal launch range.
Orbit Deck Space Catalog
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PadLaunch Pad Gantry
Orbital launch mount and ground support umbilical tower.
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SpaceStats Launch Manifest & Database
0 mission records cataloged in database
No individual manifest entries logged in database for Long March 3A.
Summary stats and flight achievements are detailed in the overview above.