Long March 3

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Long March 3
Long March 3
Long March 3
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 43.25 metres (141.9 ft)[1]
Diameter 3.35 metres (11.0 ft)[1]
Mass 204,000 kilograms (450,000 lb)[1]
Stages 3
Capacity
Payload to
LEO		 5,000 kilograms (11,000 lb)[2]
Payload to
GTO		 1,340 kilograms (3,000 lb)[2]
Associated Rockets
Family Long March
Derivatives Long March 3A
Launch History
Status Retired
Launch sites LC-1, XSLC
Total launches 13
Successes 10
Failures 1
Partial failures 2
Maiden flight 29 January 1984
Last flight 25 June 2000

The Long March 3, also known as the Chang Zheng 3, CZ-3 and LM-3, was a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. It was launched from Launch Complex 1 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre. It was a 3-stage rocket, and was mostly used to place DFH-2-class communications satellites into geosynchronous transfer orbits. It first flew on 29 January 1984. It was replaced by the more powerful Long March 3A, which has an improved third stage.

The Long March 3 suffered third stage reliability issues. The upper stage failed to ignite on two launches, and cut off early on a third.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Mark Wade. CZ-3 (English). Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved on 2008-04-27.
  2. ^ a b Gunter Krebs. CZ-3 (Chang Zheng-3) (English). Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved on 2008-04-27.
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