Long March 12A
Long March 12A is a two-stage liquid-oxygen and methane launch vehicle centered on first-stage reusability. Its first flight reached orbit in December 2025 but did not complete the planned first-stage recovery, leaving the recovery system in continuing development and verification.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Chang Zheng 12ACZ-12ALM-12A长征十二号甲
- Family Name
- Long March 12
- Full Name
- Long March 12A
- Status
- development
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- A
Details
- Description
- Long March 12A is a two-stage liquid-oxygen and methane launch vehicle centered on first-stage reusability. Its first flight reached orbit in December 2025 but did not complete the planned first-stage recovery, leaving the recovery system in continuing development and verification.
- Dimensions
- Diameter M
- 3.8
- Height M
- 70.4
- First Flight Year
- 2,025
- Manufacturer
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Nested value
- Name
- Long March 12A development two-stage methane configuration
- Notes
- CNSA identifies Long March 12A as a two-stage LOX/methane reusable launcher. The bounded source does not identify a production engine model or complete engine count, so this system-level relationship intentionally avoids unsupported detail.
- Rocket Specs
- Liftoff Mass Kg
- 437,000
- Reusability
- partially_reusable
- Stages Count
- 2
Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March_12A
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- Creation Time
- July 13, 2026 at 11:47:52 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 00:34:58 UTC
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- Long March 12A Chang Zheng 12A CZ-12A LM-12A 长征十二号甲