Long March 3B Stage 1
The first liquid-propellant stage of China’s Long March 3B launch vehicle, using N2O4/UDMH propellants. Official CNSA material does not assert a narrower engine model here, so this remains an integrated stage identity.
Identity
- Aliases
- CZ-3B first stageLong March 3B core first stage
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- integrated-system
- Kind
- integrated-propulsion-system
- Name
- Long March 3B Stage 1
- Status
- active
Details
- Description
- The first liquid-propellant stage of China’s Long March 3B launch vehicle, using N2O4/UDMH propellants. Official CNSA material does not assert a narrower engine model here, so this remains an integrated stage identity.
- Propellants
- N2O4UDMH
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Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 23:05:13 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 23:05:13 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Note
- CNSA identifies CZ-3B as a three-stage launcher with N2O4/UDMH on stages 1–2, LOX/LH2 on stage 3, and four strap-on boosters; no narrower stage-1 engine model is asserted.
- Publisher
- China National Space Administration
- Title
- Long March 3B (CZ-3B)
- Note
- CNSA places Long March 3B in the three-stage Long March 3 series used for high-orbit missions.
- Publisher
- China National Space Administration
- Title
- Long March Launch Vehicle Family