Long March 3C

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Long March 3C
Long March 3C
Long March 3C
Fact sheet
Function Carrier rocket
Manufacturer CALT
Country of origin Flag of the People's Republic of China People's Republic of China
Size
Height 54.8 metres (180 ft)[1]
Diameter 3.35 metres (11.0 ft)[1]
Mass 345,000 kilograms (760,000 lb)[1]
Stages 3
Capacity
Payload to
GTO
3,700 kilograms (8,200 lb)[2]
Payload to
HCO
2,400 kilograms (5,300 lb)[2]
Associated Rockets
Family Long March
Launch History
Status Active
Launch sites LC-2, XSLC
Total launches 1
Successes 1
Maiden flight 25 April 2008

The Long March 3C, also known as the Chang Zheng 3C, CZ-3C and LM-3C, is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. It is launched from Launch Complex 2 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre. A 3-stage rocket with two strapon liquid rocket boosters, it is a member of the Long March 3 rocket family, and was derived from the Long March 3B. It was designed to fill a gap in payload capacities between the Long March 3A and 3B.

It made its maiden flight on 25 April 2008, at 15:35 GMT. The payload for the first launch was the Tianlian-1 data relay communications satellite.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Mark Wade. CZ-3C (English). Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved on 2008-04-26.
  2. ^ a b Gunter Krebs. CZ-3C (Chang Zheng-3C) (English). Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved on 2008-04-26.