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Long March 2C/SMA
RetiredChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
The Long March 2C is a family of expendable launch vehicles made and operated by China. It is a two stage launch vehicle with storable propellants, consisting of Nitrogen Tetroxide and Unsymmetrical Dimethylhydrazine.
Key figures
Total launches
3
Successes
3
Failures
0
Success rate
100.0 %
Success streak
3
Maiden flight
Sep 6, 2008
Reusable
No
Shortest launch interval ⓘ
1498d 23h
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 2C/SMA” 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: 3
Successes Failures Other/planned
History & events
Sources
- Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs)
- Wikipedia