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.
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)
- Reusability
- expendable
- Slug
- 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.
- Diameter M
- 3.35
- First Flight Year
- 2,022
- Height M
- 50.3
- Liftoff Mass Kg
- 198,000
- Manufacturer Id
- jd7fbrt32syts4rtsgsh4m023n7kqwpa
- Parent Vehicle Family Id
- nd7w3gr8c707qg830bxkeg6e118ae9rv
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Sso
- 3,000
- Stages Count
- 2
- Strap On Boosters Count
- 0
Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March_8
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/13/2026, 11:38:18 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/13/2026, 11:38:18 AM