Long March 3B (China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation)
The Long March 3B, manufactured by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation established in 1999, undertook its inaugural launch on 02/14/1996, is non-reusable and is active.
Long March 3B has 21 successful launches and 3 failed attempts, with a cumulative tally of 24 launches, currently with 0 pending launches in the pipeline.
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.
- Length: 54.8 m
- Diameter: 3.35 m
- Launch Mass: 426 T
- LEO Capacity: 11500 kg
- GTO Capacity: 5100 kg
- GEO Capacity: 2000 kg
- Launch Cost: $70,000,000
Manufacturer
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC)
Chairman & President: Lei Fanpei
The 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.
