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Long March 7
ActiveChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
The Long March 7 is a Chinese liquid-fuelled launch vehicle of the Long March family, developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CAST). It made its inaugural flight on 25 June 2016 and is used to launch Tianzhou resupply spacecraft to the Chinese Space Station.
Key figures
Total launches
10
Successes
10
Failures
0
Success rate
100.0 %
Success streak
10
Maiden flight
Jun 25, 2016
Reusable
No
Shortest launch interval ⓘ
113d 18h
Planned launches
0
Long March, Long March 7 family total
27 launches · 26 successes · 1 failures (3 variants)
🧐 Data check
Automatic plausibility checks — anomalies are surfaced transparently here:
- ℹ️The figures above apply only to the “Long March 7” variant. The Launch Library counts each variant separately — the Long March, Long March 7 family totals 27 launches across 3 variants.
Technology
Length
53.1 m
Diameter
3.35 m
Liftoff thrust
7,128 kN
Stages
2
LEO (low Earth orbit)
13,500 kg
GTO (geo transfer)
5,500 kg
Launches per year
of which in our database: 10
Successes Failures Other/planned
History & events
Sources
- Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs)
- Wikipedia