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Long March 12A

CASC ACTIVE REUSABLE
At a glance
Launches
1
1 pending
Success rate
100%
1 ok · 0 failed
Payload to LEO
12,000 kg
Payload to GTO
—
Status
Active
First flight
23 Dec 2025
Reusable
Yes
Height
69 m
Diameter
3.8 m
Launch mass
—
Liftoff thrust
5,250 kN
Stages
2
Launch cost
—
Booster landings
0 / 1
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About

Long March 12A/Changzheng 12A (LM-12A/CZ-12A) is a reusable orbital launch vehicle developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST) of the state-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). The rocket is based on the Long March 12, but extensively re-designed for first stage re-usability, and use of gas generator cycle methane/liquid oxygen powered rocket engines in both stages.

The first stage uses 7 Longyun-70 engines designed and manufactured by the private company Jiuzhou Yunjian (JZYJ), while the second stage uses 1 YF-209V engine from CASC's Academy of Aerospace Liquid Propulsion Technology (AALPT).

On launch missions where the first stage is recovered, it will land on a down-range landing pad located in Minqin County, Gansu Province.