OperationalCASC / CALTFirst Launch: 1996-02-14
Long March 3B/E
China's most-flown heavy-lift launcher, primarily used for GTO communications satellites and BeiDou navigation missions.
SpaceStats Reliability & Flight Record
TOTAL LAUNCHES
115
Orbital missions
SUCCESSFUL
110
5 failures
SUCCESS RATE
95.7%
LANDINGS
0
Expendable Vehicle
CASC / CALTFeatured Photography
Orbital Launch Vehicle
Orbit Deck Space Catalog
Technical & Propulsion Specifications
Operator: CASC / CALTVehicle Dimensions & Mass
- Overall Height
- 56.3 m
- Body Diameter
- 3.35 m
- Gross Lift-off Mass
- 459 t
- Stages Count
- 3
- Fairing Diameter
- 4.2 m
Stage 1 (Booster)
- Recovery Mode
- Expendable
Stage 2 & Capacities
- LEO Capacity
- 11.5 t
- GTO Capacity
- 5.5 t
- Cost per Launch
- $70,000,000
- LEO Price / kg
- ~$6,087 / kg
High-Resolution Photo Gallery & Media
2 photos & renders of Long March 3B/E
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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.
Orbit Deck Aerospace
SpaceStats Launch Manifest & Database
0 mission records cataloged in database
No individual manifest entries logged in database for Long March 3B/E.
Summary stats and flight achievements are detailed in the overview above.