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Long March 3B
CASC
ACTIVE
At a glance
Launches
24
Success rate
87.5%
21 ok · 3 failed
Payload to LEO
11,500 kg
Payload to GTO
5,100 kg
Status
ActiveFirst flight
14 Feb 1996Reusable
NoHeight
54.8 mDiameter
3.35 mLaunch mass
426 tLiftoff thrust
5,923 kNStages
3Launch cost
$70,000,000Booster landings
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The Long March 3B is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. 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 currently the most powerful member of the Long March rocket family and the heaviest of the Long March 3 rocket family, and is mainly used to place communications satellites into geosynchronous orbits.
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Last checked 29 Sept 2026