Long March 3C
Long March 3C is the two-booster intermediate member of the Long March 3A series, positioned between the unboosted 3A and four-booster 3B. It serves geosynchronous-transfer and other high-energy missions and can deploy multiple spacecraft during one flight.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Chang Zheng 3CCZ-3CLM-3C长征三号丙
- Family Name
- Long March 3
- Full Name
- Long March 3C
- Status
- active
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- C
Details
- Description
- Long March 3C is the two-booster intermediate member of the Long March 3A series, positioned between the unboosted 3A and four-booster 3B. It serves geosynchronous-transfer and other high-energy missions and can deploy multiple spacecraft during one flight.
- Dimensions
- Diameter M
- 3.35
- Height M
- 56.33
- First Flight Year
- 2,008
- Manufacturer
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Name
- Long March 3C standard two-booster configuration
- Notes
- CNSA identifies LM-3C as a three-stage Long March 3 launcher with two strap-on boosters; the core stages reuse the canonical Long March 3A stage identities and the booster record remains integrated without unsupported engine-model inference.
- Rocket Specs
- Liftoff Mass Kg
- 367,000
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Gto
- 3,800
- Reusability
- expendable
- Stages Count
- 3
- Strap On Boosters Count
- 2
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- Creation Time
- July 14, 2026 at 06:27:07 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 23:40:10 UTC
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