Long March 3C

Long March 3C
Size
Drawing of Long March 3C
Function	Carrier rocket
Manufacturer	CALT
Country of origin	People's Republic of China
Height	54.8 metres (180 ft)^[1]
Diameter	3.35 metres (11.0 ft)^[1]
Mass	345,000 kilograms (761,000 lb)^[1]
Stages	3
Capacity
Payload to GTO	3C: 3,800 kilograms (8,400 lb)^[2]^[3] 3C/E: 3,900 kilograms (8,600 lb)
Payload to HCO	2,400 kilograms (5,300 lb)^[2]^[3]
Associated rockets
Family	Long March
Launch history
Status	Active
Launch sites	LA-2 & LA-3, XSLC
Total launches	14
Successes	14
First flight	25 April 2008

Boosters (3C)
No. boosters	2
Length	15.33 m (50.3 ft)
Diameter	2.25 m (7 ft 5 in)
Propellant mass	37,700 kg (83,100 lb)
Engines	1 YF-25
Thrust	740.4 kN (166,400 lb_f)
Specific impulse	2,556.2 m/s (260.66 s)
Burn time	127 s
Fuel	N2O4/UDMH
Boosters (3C/E)
No. boosters	2
Length	16.1 m (53 ft)
Diameter	2.25 m (7 ft 5 in)
Propellant mass	41,100 kg (90,600 lb)
Engines	1 YF-25
Thrust	740.4 kN (166,400 lb_f)
Specific impulse	2,556.2 m/s (260.66 s)
Burn time	140 s
Fuel	N2O4/UDMH
First stage (3C)
Length	23.27 m (76.3 ft)
Diameter	3.35 m (11.0 ft)
Propellant mass	171,800 kg (378,800 lb)
Engines	4 YF-21C
Thrust	2,961.6 kN (665,800 lb_f)
Specific impulse	2,556.5 m/s (260.69 s)
Burn time	145 s
Fuel	N2O4/UDMH
First stage (3C/E)
Length	24.76 m (81.2 ft)
Diameter	3.35 m (11.0 ft)
Propellant mass	186,200 kg (410,500 lb)
Engines	4 YF-21C
Thrust	2,961.6 kN (665,800 lb_f)
Specific impulse	2,556.5 m/s (260.69 s)
Burn time	158 s
Fuel	N2O4/UDMH
Second stage
Length	12.92 m (42.4 ft)
Diameter	3.35 m (11.0 ft)
Propellant mass	49,400 kg (108,900 lb)
Engines	1 YF-24E (YF-22E (Main) 4 x YF-23C (Vernier))
Thrust	742 kN (167,000 lb_f) (Main) 47.1 kN (10,600 lb_f) (Vernier)
Specific impulse	2,922.57 m/s (298.019 s) (Main) 2,910.5 m/s (296.79 s) (Vernier)
Burn time	185 s
Fuel	N2O4/UDMH
Third stage
Length	12.38 m (40.6 ft)
Diameter	3.0 m (9.8 ft)
Propellant mass	18,200 kg (40,100 lb)
Engines	1 YF-75
Thrust	167.17 kN (37,580 lb_f)
Specific impulse	4,295 m/s (438.0 s)
Burn time	478 s
Fuel	LH2/LOX

The Long March 3C (simplified Chinese: 长征三号丙火箭; traditional Chinese: 長征三號丙火箭; pinyin: Chángzhēng Sānhào Bǐng Huǒjiàn), also known as the Changzheng 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.

Launches

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. The second carried the Compass-G2 navigation satellite, and was conducted on 14 April 2009. The third launch was made on 16 January 2010, with the Compass-G1 satellite. The fourth carrying the Compass-G3 navigation satellite was launched on 2 June 2010. On 1 October 2010, it successfully launched China's second lunar probe, Chang'e 2.

An enhanced version of the Long March 3C rocket debuted during the launch of Chang'e 5-T1 on 23 October 2014.^[4] On 30 March 2015 the Yuanzheng-1 upper stage was used on top of a Long March 3C rocket for the first time.^[5]

List of Launches

Main article: List of Long March launches

Flight number	Date (UTC)	Launch site	Version	Payload	Orbit	Result
1	April 25, 2008 15:35	LA-2, XSLC	3C	Tianlian I-01	GTO	Success
2	April 14, 2009 16:16	LA-2, XSLC	3C	Compass-G2	GTO	Success
3	January 16, 2010 16:12	LA-2, XSLC	3C	Compass-G1	GTO	Success
4	June 2, 2010 15:53	LA-2, XSLC	3C	Compass-G3	GTO	Success
5	October 1, 2010 10:59	LA-2, XSLC	3C	Chang'e 2	LTO	Success
6	October 31, 2010 16:26	LA-2, XSLC	3C	Compass-G4	GTO	Success
7	July 11, 2011 15:41	LA-2, XSLC	3C	Tianlian I-02	GTO	Success
8	February 24, 2012 16:12	LA-2, XSLC	3C	Compass-G5	GTO	Success
9	July 25, 2012 15:43	LA-2, XSLC	3C	Tianlian I-03	GTO	Success
10	October 25, 2012 16:33	LA-2, XSLC	3C	Compass-G6	GTO	Success
11	October 23, 2014 18:00	LA-2, XSLC	3C/E	Chang'e 5-T1	LTO	Success
12	March 30, 2015 13:52	LA-2, XSLC	3C/YZ-1	BDS I1-S	GSO	Success
13	February 1, 2016 07:29	LA-2, XSLC	3C/YZ-1	BDS M3-S	MEO	Success
14	June 12, 2016 15:30	LA-3, XSLC	3C	Compass-G7	GTO	Success

References

1 2 3 Mark Wade. "CZ-3C". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
1 2 "LM-3A Series Launch Vehicle User's Manual - Issue 2011" (PDF). China Great Wall Industries Corporation. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
1 2 Gunter Krebs. "CZ-3C (Chang Zheng-3C)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
↑ Barbosa, Rui C. (23 October 2014). "China launches lunar sample return test mission". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
↑ Barbosa, Rui C. (30 March 2015). "Long March 3C in secretive launch with new Upper Stage". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 10 August 2015.

Long March rockets

LM 1 family	Long March 1 1D

LM 2 family	Feng Bao 1 Long March 2A 2C 2D 2E 2E(A) 2F

LM 3 family	Long March 3 3A 3B 3B/E 3B(A) 3C

LM 4 family	Long March 4A 4B 4C

LM 5 family	Long March 5

LM 6 family	Long March 6

LM 7 family	Long March 7

LM 8 family	Long March 8

LM 9 family	Long March 9

LM 11 family	Long March 11

List of Long March launches China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology

Orbital launch systems

See also: Comparison of orbital launch systems

Current	Angara 1.2 A5 Antares 200 Ariane 5 Atlas V Delta II IV Dnepr Epsilon Falcon 9 v1.2 "Full Thrust" GSLV H-IIA H-IIB Kuaizhou Long March 2C 2D 2F 3A 3B 3C 4B 4C 5 6 7 11 LVM3 Minotaur I IV V C Pegasus Proton-M PSLV Rokot Safir Shavit Simorgh Soyuz U FG Soyuz-2 2.1a / STA 2.1b / STB 2-1v Strela Unha Vega Zenit 3SL 3SLB 3F

In development	Angara A5P A5V Antares 300 Ariane 6 Electron Falcon 9 "Block 5" Falcon Heavy Firefly α H3 ITS KZ-11 KZ-21 Long March 8 9 LauncherOne Mayak Naga-L Naro-2 New Glenn Orel Proton Light Medium RPS SLS Soyuz-5 SPARK SS-520 Tronador II Tsyklon-4 ULV VLM Vulcan

Retired	Antares 100 Ariane 1 2 3 4 ASLV Athena I II Atlas B D E/F G H I II III LV-3B SLV-3 Able Agena Centaur Black Arrow Conestoga Delta A B C D E G J L M N 0100 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 III Diamant Energia Europa Falcon 1 Falcon 9 v1.0 v1.1 Feng Bao 1 H-I H-II Juno I Juno II Kaituozhe-1 Kosmos 1 2I 3 3M Lambda 4S Long March 1 2A 2E 3 4A Mu 4S 3C 3H 3S 3SII V N1 N-I N-II Naro-1 Paektusan Pilot Proton UR-500 K R-7 Luna Molniya M L Polyot Soyuz original L M U2 Soyuz/Vostok Sputnik Voskhod Vostok L K 2 2M R-29 Shtil' Volna Saturn I IB V INT-21 Scout SLV Space Shuttle Sparta Start-1 Thor Able Ablestar Agena Burner Delta DSV-2U Thorad-Agena Titan II GLV IIIA IIIB IIIC IIID IIIE 34D 23G CT-3 IV Tsyklon 2 3 Vanguard Zenit 2 2M

Chinese Lunar Exploration Program

China National Space Administration Chinese space program

Missions	Chang'e 1 Chang'e 2 Chang'e 3 Yutu Chang'e 5-T1 Chang'e 5 Chang'e 4 Chang'e 6

Launch vehicles	Long March 3A Long March 3B Long March 3C Long March 5

Launch sites	Xichang Satellite Launch Center (include China Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site)

People	Zhang Qingwei Ouyang Ziyuan Ma Xingrui Ye Peijian

Future spacecraft in italics.

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