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Long March 2F
RetiredChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
The Long March 2F is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket, part of the Long March 2 rocket family. Designed to launch the crewed Shenzhou spacecraft, the Long March 2F is a human-rated two-stage version of the Long March 2E rocket, which in turn was based on the Long March 2C launch vehicle. It is launched from complex SLS at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
Key figures
Total launches
7
Successes
7
Failures
0
Success rate
100.0 %
Success streak
7
Maiden flight
Nov 19, 1999
Reusable
No
Shortest launch interval ⓘ
279d 2h
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 2F” variant. The Launch Library counts each variant separately — the Long March, Long March 2 family totals 231 launches across 11 variants.
Technology
Length
62 m
Diameter
3.35 m
Launch mass
464 t
Liftoff thrust
5,985 kN
Stages
2
LEO (low Earth orbit)
8,400 kg
Launches per year
of which in our database: 7
Successes Failures Other/planned
History & events
Sources
- Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs)
- Wikipedia