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Long March 3B/YZ-1
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Cina
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.
- Costruttore
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Primo volo
- 14 febbraio 1996
- Lanci
- 15
- Riusciti
- 15
- Falliti
- 0
- Tasso di successo
- 100%
- Altezza
- 54,8 m
- Diametro
- 3,35 m
- Massa al decollo
- 425 t
- Carico in orbita bassa
- 11.500 kg
- Carico in orbita di trasferimento geostazionaria
- 5.100 kg
- Riutilizzabile
- no