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Long March 3B
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · China
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.
- Fabricante
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Primer vuelo
- 14 febrero 1996
- Lanzamientos
- 24
- Exitosos
- 21
- Fallidos
- 3
- Tasa de éxito
- 87,5%
- Altura
- 54,8 m
- Diámetro
- 3,35 m
- Masa al despegue
- 426 t
- Carga en órbita baja
- 11.500 kg
- Carga en órbita de transferencia geoestacionaria
- 5.100 kg
- Reutilizable
- no