Long March 8 (Boosterless)
The boosterless Long March 8 is a serial configuration of the Long March 8 family that omits the standard model's two side boosters. It retains the two core stages, reduces liftoff mass substantially, and is tailored to lighter high-volume rideshare missions to sun-synchronous orbit.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Long March 8 modified configurationCZ-8 booster-free configurationLong March 8 without side boosters
- Family Name
- Long March 8
- Full Name
- Long March 8 (Boosterless)
- Status
- active
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- Boosterless
Details
- Description
- The boosterless Long March 8 is a serial configuration of the Long March 8 family that omits the standard model's two side boosters. It retains the two core stages, reduces liftoff mass substantially, and is tailored to lighter high-volume rideshare missions to sun-synchronous orbit.
- Dimensions
- Diameter M
- 3.35
- Height M
- 50.3
- First Flight Year
- 2,022
- Manufacturer
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Rocket Specs
- Liftoff Mass Kg
- 198,000
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Sso
- 3,000
- Reusability
- expendable
- Stages Count
- 2
- Strap On Boosters Count
- 0
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 11:38:18 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 19, 2026 at 11:51:15 UTC
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