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Long March 6A
ActiveChina 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.

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- βΉοΈThe figures above apply only to the βLong March 6Aβ variant. The Launch Library counts each variant separately β the Long March, Long March 6 family totals 41 launches across 3 variants.
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of which in our database: 25
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Sources
- Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs)
- Wikipedia