Rocket
Long March 5
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · China
Long March 5 is a Chinese heavy lift launch system developed by China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT). CZ-5 is the first Chinese vehicle designed from the ground up to focus on non-hypergolic liquid rocket propellants. Currently, two CZ-5 vehicle configurations are planned, with maximum payload capacities of ~25,000 kilograms (55,000 lb) to LEO and ~14,000 kilograms (31,000 lb) to GTO. The Long March 5 roughly matches the capabilities of American EELV heavy-class vehicles such as the Delta IV Heavy.
- Manufacturer
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- First flight
- November 3, 2016
- Launches
- 9
- Successful
- 9
- Failed
- 0
- Success rate
- 100%
- Scheduled
- 2
- Height
- 57 m
- Diameter
- 5 m
- Liftoff mass
- 867 t
- Payload to low Earth orbit
- 25,000 kg
- Payload to geostationary transfer orbit
- 14,000 kg
- Reusable
- no