Long March 12B
Long March 12B is a two-stage, single-core commercial constellation launcher developed within CASC. Nine liquid-oxygen and kerosene engines power its 4.37-meter first stage; the vehicle is designed for eventual first-stage recovery, though its successful 2026 maiden mission did not attempt recovery.
Identity
- Aliases
- Chang Zheng 12BCZ-12BLM-12B长征十二号乙
- Family Name
- Long March 12
- Full Name
- Long March 12B
- Reusability
- partially_reusable
- Slug
- long-march-12b
- Status
- active
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- B
Details
- Description
- Long March 12B is a two-stage, single-core commercial constellation launcher developed within CASC. Nine liquid-oxygen and kerosene engines power its 4.37-meter first stage; the vehicle is designed for eventual first-stage recovery, though its successful 2026 maiden mission did not attempt recovery.
- Diameter M
- 4.37
- First Flight Year
- 2,026
- Height M
- 72
- Manufacturer Id
- jd7fbrt32syts4rtsgsh4m023n7kqwpa
- Parent Vehicle Family Id
- nd7hs2g8nqg3ebbdzp71rd49sn8aebgg
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Leo
- 20,000
- Stages Count
- 2
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- Creation Time
- 7/13/2026, 11:47:57 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/13/2026, 11:47:57 AM