Long March 3A
Long March 3A is the baseline modern member of the Long March 3 series. Its improved restartable cryogenic third stage supports geosynchronous-transfer, polar, low-orbit, and escape missions, and the vehicle also provides the core technology for the booster-assisted Long March 3B and 3C.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Chang Zheng 3ACZ-3ALM-3A长征三号甲
- Family Name
- Long March 3
- Full Name
- Long March 3A
- Status
- active
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- A
Details
- Description
- Long March 3A is the baseline modern member of the Long March 3 series. Its improved restartable cryogenic third stage supports geosynchronous-transfer, polar, low-orbit, and escape missions, and the vehicle also provides the core technology for the booster-assisted Long March 3B and 3C.
- Dimensions
- Diameter M
- 3.35
- Height M
- 52.52
- First Flight Year
- 1,994
- Manufacturer
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Name
- Long March 3A standard three-stage configuration
- Notes
- CNSA identifies CZ-3A as a three-stage launcher with N2O4/UDMH on stages 1–2 and an improved LH/LOX cryogenic third stage; no strap-on boosters are asserted for CZ-3A.
- Rocket Specs
- Liftoff Mass Kg
- 240,000
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Gto
- 2,600
- Reusability
- expendable
- Stages Count
- 3
- Strap On Boosters Count
- 0
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- Creation Time
- July 14, 2026 at 06:27:01 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 23:14:13 UTC
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