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Long March 5B/YZ-2
ActiveChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Key figures
Total launches
3
Successes
3
Failures
0
Success rate
100.0 %
Success streak
3
Maiden flight
Dec 16, 2024
Reusable
No
Shortest launch interval ⓘ
106d 10h
Planned launches
0
Long March, Long March 5 family total
18 launches · 17 successes · 1 failures (4 variants)
🧐 Data check
Automatic plausibility checks — anomalies are surfaced transparently here:
- ℹ️The figures above apply only to the “Long March 5B/YZ-2” variant. The Launch Library counts each variant separately — the Long March, Long March 5 family totals 18 launches across 4 variants.
Technology
Length
53.66 m
Diameter
5 m
Launch mass
837 t
Liftoff thrust
10,565 kN
Stages
2
SSO (sun-synchronous)
15,000 kg
Engines & propellant
| Boosters | 4 Booster mit je 2× YF-100 | Kerosin / Flüssigsauerstoff |
| 1st stage | 2× YF-77 | Flüssigwasserstoff / Flüssigsauerstoff |
| 2nd stage | 2× YF-75D | Flüssigwasserstoff / Flüssigsauerstoff |
Engine and propellant data from curated sources: Wikipedia — Langer Marsch 5
Launches per year
of which in our database: 3
Successes Failures Other/planned
History & events
Sources
- Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs)
- Wikipedia