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Long March 6A

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China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

The Long March 6A is a Chinese launch vehicle of the Long March family, which was developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) and the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST). The vehicle is a further development of the Long March 6, with 2 YF-100 engines on the first stage as opposed to 1 on the Long March 6, augmented by 4 solid rocket boosters. The Long March 6A is China's first rocket with solid rocket boosters. The maiden launch of the Long March 6A took place 29 March 2022, successfully reaching orbit. It was also the first launch from the newly built launch complex 9A in Taiyuan.

Key figures

Total launches
25
Successes
25
Failures
0
Success rate
100.0 %
Success streak
25
Maiden flight
Mar 29, 2022
Reusable
No
Shortest launch interval β“˜
19d 18h
Planned launches
0
Long March, Long March 6 family total
41 launches Β· 41 successes Β· 0 failures (3 variants)

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  • ℹ️The figures above apply only to the β€œLong March 6A” variant. The Launch Library counts each variant separately β€” the Long March, Long March 6 family totals 41 launches across 3 variants.

Technology

Length
50 m
Diameter
3.35 m
Launch mass
530 t
Liftoff thrust
7,230 kN
Stages
1–2
SSO (sun-synchronous)
6,400 kg

Launches per year

of which in our database: 25

2022: 2 Successes220222023: 2 Successes220232024: 5 Successes520242025: 10 Successes1020252026: 6 Successes62026
Successes Failures Other/planned

History & events

  1. Mar 29, 2022πŸš€ Maiden flightDemo Flight (Pujiang-2 & Tiankun-2)View launch β†’β–Ά Video

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