Long March 8
The standard Long March 8 is a two-stage liquid-propellant medium-lift launcher with two liquid strap-on boosters. It combines technologies from Long March 5, 7, and 3A systems and is optimized for sun-synchronous missions while retaining access to higher-energy trajectories.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Chang Zheng 8CZ-8LM-8Long March 8 standard configuration长征八号
- Family Name
- Long March 8
- Full Name
- Long March 8
- Status
- active
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- Standard
Details
- Description
- The standard Long March 8 is a two-stage liquid-propellant medium-lift launcher with two liquid strap-on boosters. It combines technologies from Long March 5, 7, and 3A systems and is optimized for sun-synchronous missions while retaining access to higher-energy trajectories.
- Dimensions
- Diameter M
- 3.35
- Height M
- 50.3
- First Flight Year
- 2,020
- Manufacturer
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Name
- Long March 8 standard two-booster configuration
- Notes
- SpaceChina identifies 2 x YF-100 on the first stage, 2 x YF-75 on the cryogenic second stage, and one YF-100 on each of two LOX/kerosene liquid boosters.
- Rocket Specs
- Liftoff Mass Kg
- 356,000
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Gto
- 2,800
- Sso
- 4,500
- Reusability
- expendable
- Stages Count
- 2
- Strap On Boosters Count
- 2
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.calt.com/n482/n2438/index.html
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March_8
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- Creation Time
- July 13, 2026 at 11:38:14 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 00:03:21 UTC
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