Long March 2C
Long March 2C is the long-serving two-stage member of the Long March 2 series for low Earth, sun-synchronous, and highly elliptical missions. It supports optional upper stages and multiple-satellite adapters and has launched Chinese recoverable, scientific, environmental, and commercial spacecraft since 1982.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Chang Zheng 2CCZ-2CLM-2C长征二号丙
- Family Name
- Long March 2
- Full Name
- Long March 2C
- Status
- active
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- C
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- Description
- Long March 2C is the long-serving two-stage member of the Long March 2 series for low Earth, sun-synchronous, and highly elliptical missions. It supports optional upper stages and multiple-satellite adapters and has launched Chinese recoverable, scientific, environmental, and commercial spacecraft since 1982.
- Dimensions
- Diameter M
- 3.35
- Height M
- 43
- First Flight Year
- 1,982
- Manufacturer
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Name
- Long March 2C standard two-stage configuration
- Notes
- CNSA describes the Long March 2 series as a two-stage N2O4/UDMH launcher; the FAA technical compendium identifies 4 x YF-21C on stage 1 and 1 x YF-24E on stage 2 for LM-2C.
- Rocket Specs
- Liftoff Mass Kg
- 242,500
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Leo
- 3,850
- Sso
- 1,900
- Reusability
- expendable
- Stages Count
- 2
- Strap On Boosters Count
- 0
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- Creation Time
- July 14, 2026 at 06:26:39 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 23:22:38 UTC
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