Long March 8A
Long March 8A is the high-capacity constellation-launch member of the Long March 8 series. It retains the first stage and two liquid boosters of the standard 8 while adding a new 3.35-meter hydrogen-oxygen second stage and a 5.2-meter fairing for dense satellite deployments.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Chang Zheng 8ACZ-8ALM-8A长征八号甲
- Family Name
- Long March 8
- Full Name
- Long March 8A
- Status
- active
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- A
Details
- Description
- Long March 8A is the high-capacity constellation-launch member of the Long March 8 series. It retains the first stage and two liquid boosters of the standard 8 while adding a new 3.35-meter hydrogen-oxygen second stage and a 5.2-meter fairing for dense satellite deployments.
- Dimensions
- Diameter M
- 3.35
- Height M
- 50.5
- First Flight Year
- 2,025
- Manufacturer
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Name
- Long March 8A standard two-and-a-half-stage configuration
- Notes
- CASC states Long March 8A uses four YF-100 LOX/kerosene engines across the core and two liquid boosters, plus two YF-75DA hydrolox upper-stage engines.
- Rocket Specs
- Liftoff Mass Kg
- 371,000
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Sso
- 7,000
- 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 11:38:23 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 00:22:05 UTC
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