Long March 3C

Long March 3C
	Schematic of Long March 3C
Function	Carrier rocket
Manufacturer	CALT
Country of origin	China
Size
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 and LA-3, XSLC
Total launches	17
Successes	17
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 lbf)
Specific impulse	2,556.2 m/s (260.66 s)
Burn time	127 seconds
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 lbf)
Specific impulse	2,556.2 m/s (260.66 s)
Burn time	140 seconds
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 lbf)
Specific impulse	2,556.5 m/s (260.69 s)
Burn time	145 seconds
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 lbf)
Specific impulse	2,556.5 m/s (260.69 s)
Burn time	158 seconds
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 lbf) (Main); 47.1 kN (10,600 lbf) (Vernier)
Specific impulse	2,922.57 m/s (298.019 s) (Main); 2,910.5 m/s (296.79 s) (Vernier)
Burn time	185 seconds
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 lbf)
Specific impulse	4,295 m/s (438.0 s)
Burn time	478 seconds
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 and 3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. 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 UTC. 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

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 15:33	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/E	Compass-G7	GTO	Success
15	November 22, 2016 15:24	LA-2, XSLC	3C/E	Tianlian I-04	GTO	Success
16	December 24, 2018 16:53	LA-3, XSLC	3C/E	TJSW-3	GTO	Success
17	May 17, 2019 15:48	LA-2, XSLC	3C/E	Compass-G8	GTO	Success

References

Mark Wade. "CZ-3C". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 1 June 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
"LM-3A Series Launch Vehicle User's Manual - Issue 2011" (PDF). China Great Wall Industries Corporation. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
Gunter Krebs. "CZ-3C (Chang Zheng-3C)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
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.

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[EA-1] Mark Wade. "CZ-3C". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 1 June 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2008.

[CGWIC_User_Manual-2] "LM-3A Series Launch Vehicle User's Manual - Issue 2011" (PDF). China Great Wall Industries Corporation. Retrieved 9 August 2015.

[GSP-3] Gunter Krebs. "CZ-3C (Chang Zheng-3C)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 26 April 2008.

[4] Barbosa, Rui C. (23 October 2014). "China launches lunar sample return test mission". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 10 August 2015.

[5] Barbosa, Rui C. (30 March 2015). "Long March 3C in secretive launch with new Upper Stage". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 10 August 2015.

Long March (rocket family)
Rockets	Feng Bao 1 Long March 1 1D Long March 2 2A 2C 2D 2E 2F Long March 3 3A 3B 3B/E 3C Long March 4 4A 4B 4C Long March 5 5B Long March 6 Long March 7 7A Long March 8 Long March 9 Long March 11
Launch sites	Jiuquan Taiyuan Wenchang Xichang
Manufacturers	China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology
Designers	Wang Xiji
List of Long March launches

Orbital launch systems
List of orbital launch systems Comparison of orbital launch systems
Current	Angara A5 Antares 230+ Ariane 5 Atlas V Delta IV Heavy Electron Epsilon Falcon 9 Block 5 Falcon Heavy GSLV Mk II Mk III H-IIA Hyperbola-1 Jielong 1 Kuaizhou 1 1A Kaituozhe 2 LauncherOne^† Long March 2C 2D 2F 3A 3B/E 3C 4B 4C 5 5B 6 7 7A^† 11 Minotaur I IV V C OS-M1^† Pegasus XL Proton-M PSLV Qased Safir Shavit Simorgh^† Soyuz-2 2.1a / STA 2.1b / STB 2-1v Unha Vega Zenit 3SL 3SLB 3F Zhuque-1^†
In development	Angara 1.2 Ariane 6 Bloostar Cyclone-4M Eris Firefly Alpha Beta H3 Hyperbola-2 Irtysh Kuaizhou 11 21 31 Long March 8 9 Miura 5 New Glenn New Line 1 Nuri OmegA OS-M2 OS-M4 Orbex Prime SLS Soyuz-7 SSLV Starship Terran 1 Vega C Vega E Vulcan Zero Zhuque-2
Retired	Al-Abid^† Antares 110/120/130/230 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 II III IV Diamant Dnepr Energia Europa^† Falcon 1 Falcon 9 v1.0 v1.1 v1.2 "Full Thrust" Feng Bao 1 GSLV Mk I H-I H-II H-IIB Juno I Juno II Kaituozhe-1 Kosmos 1 2I 3 3M Lambda 4S Long March 1 1D^† 2A 2E 3 3B 4A Mu 4S 3C 3H 3S 3SII V N1^† N-I N-II Naro-1 Paektusan Pilot-2^† R-7 Luna Molniya M L Polyot Soyuz original FG L M U U2 Soyuz/Vostok Sputnik Voskhod Vostok L K 2 2M R-29 Shtil' Volna^† Saturn I IB V Scout SLV Space Shuttle SPARK^† Sparta SS-520 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 4 Universal Rocket UR-500 Proton Proton-K Rokot Strela Vanguard VLS-1^† Zenit 2 2M
Classes	Sounding rocket Small-lift launch vehicle Medium-lift launch vehicle Heavy-lift launch vehicle Super heavy-lift launch vehicle
This Template lists historical, current, and future space rockets that at least once attempted (but not necessarily succeeded in) an orbital launch or that are planned to attempt such a launch in the future Symbol ^† indicates historical or current rockets that attempted orbital launches but did not ever succeed (never did or has performed a successful orbital launch)

Chinese Lunar Exploration Program
China National Space Administration Chinese space program
Missions	Chang'e 1 (Oct 2007) Chang'e 2 (Oct 2010) Chang'e 3 (Dec 2013) Yutu rover Chang'e 5-T1 (Oct 2014) Queqiao (relay satellite, May 2018) Chang'e 4 (Dec 2018) Yutu-2 rover Chang'e 5 (2020) Chang'e 6 (2023–2024) Chang'e 7 (2023) Chang'e 8 (2027)
Launch vehicles	Long March 3A Long March 3B Long March 3C Long March 5
Launch sites	Xichang Satellite Launch Center (include Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site)
People	Zhang Qingwei Ouyang Ziyuan Ma Xingrui Ye Peijian
Future spacecraft in italics.