Long March 3
Long March 3 was China's retired three-stage launch vehicle. CNSA describes its first and second stages as derived from Long March 2C and its third stage as a cryogenic liquid-hydrogen/liquid-oxygen stage with multiple ignitions.
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Identity
- Aliases
- LM-3CZ-3Chang Zheng 3
- Family Name
- Long March 3
- Full Name
- Long March 3
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
Details
- Description
- Long March 3 was China's retired three-stage launch vehicle. CNSA describes its first and second stages as derived from Long March 2C and its third stage as a cryogenic liquid-hydrogen/liquid-oxygen stage with multiple ignitions.
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Count
- 1
- Placement
- core
- Propulsion System
- Role
- main
- Stage
- first-stage
- Count
- 1
- Placement
- core
- Propulsion System
- Role
- main
- Stage
- second-stage
- Count
- 1
- Placement
- upper
- Propulsion System
- Role
- upper-stage
- Stage
- third-stage
- Name
- Long March 3 standard three-stage configuration
- Notes
- CNSA describes LM-3 as a retired three-stage launcher whose first and second stages derive from LM-2C and whose third stage uses cryogenic LH2/LOX propulsion with multiple ignitions; no strap-on boosters are asserted.
- Rocket Specs
- Reusability
- expendable
- Stages Count
- 3
- Strap On Boosters Count
- 0
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- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 23:45:13 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 23:46:19 UTC