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Long March 3B

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Manufacturer
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Family
Long March, Long March 3
Maiden flight
1996-02-14
Length
54.8 m
Diameter
3.35 m
Payload to LEO
11,500 kg
Payload to GTO
5,100 kg
Launches
24
Successful
21

The Long March 3B is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. Introduced in 1996, it is launched from Launch Area 2 and 3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan. A three-stage rocket with four strap-on liquid rocket boosters, it is currently the most powerful member of the Long March rocket family and the heaviest of the Long March 3 rocket family, and is mainly used to place communications satellites into geosynchronous orbits.