Long March 3B/YZ-1
ActiveChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC)
Feb. 14, 1996
Description
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.
Specifications
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Max Stage
3 -
Length
54.8 m -
Diameter
3.35 m -
Fairing Diameter
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Launch Mass
425.0 T -
Thrust
5923.0 kN -
Apogee (Sub-Orbital)
40000.0 km
Family
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Name
Long March 3B/YZ-1 -
Family
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Variant
B/YZ-1 -
Alias
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Full Name
Long March 3B/YZ-1
Payload Capacity
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Launch Cost
$70000000 -
Low Earth Orbit
11500.0 kg -
Geostationary Transfer
Orbit
5100.0 kg -
Direct Geostationary
2000.0 kg -
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Government
Chairman & President: Lei Fanpei
CASC 1999The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.
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Mission:
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Mission:
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