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Long March 12
ActiveChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
The Long March 12 carrier rocket is a Chinese medium-lift launch vehicle currently under development by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, using kerosene and liquid oxygen as propellant. It will be capable of placing at least 10 tonnes of payload in low Earth orbit and at least 6 tonnes in a 700 km Sun-synchronous orbit.
Key figures
Total launches
6
Successes
6
Failures
0
Success rate
100.0 %
Success streak
6
Maiden flight
Nov 30, 2024
Reusable
No
Shortest launch interval ⓘ
31d 20h
Planned launches
0
Long March, Long March 12 family total
8 launches · 8 successes · 0 failures (3 variants)
🧐 Data check
Automatic plausibility checks — anomalies are surfaced transparently here:
- ℹ️The figures above apply only to the “Long March 12” variant. The Launch Library counts each variant separately — the Long March, Long March 12 family totals 8 launches across 3 variants.
Technology
Length
62 m
Diameter
3.8 m
Launch mass
428 t
Liftoff thrust
5,000 kN
LEO (low Earth orbit)
12,000 kg
SSO (sun-synchronous)
6,000 kg
Launches per year
of which in our database: 7
Successes Failures Other/planned
History & events
Sources
- Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs)
- Wikipedia