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Long March 2D/YZ-3
ActiveChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
The Long March 2D, also known as the Chang Zheng 2D, CZ-2D and LM-2D, is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. It is a 2-stage carrier rocket mainly used for launching LEO and SSO satellites. The YZ-3 variant includes a YZ-3 upper stage able to push satellites into higher orbits.
Key figures
Total launches
4
Successes
4
Failures
0
Success rate
100.0 %
Success streak
4
Maiden flight
Dec 29, 2018
Reusable
No
Shortest launch interval ⓘ
118d 19h
Planned launches
0
Long March, Long March 2 family total
231 launches · 225 successes · 6 failures (11 variants)
🧐 Data check
Automatic plausibility checks — anomalies are surfaced transparently here:
- ℹ️The figures above apply only to the “Long March 2D/YZ-3” variant. The Launch Library counts each variant separately — the Long March, Long March 2 family totals 231 launches across 11 variants.
Technology
Launches per year
of which in our database: 4
Successes Failures Other/planned
History & events
Sources
- Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs)