Long March 3C

The Long March 3C (), also known as the Changzheng 3C, CZ-3C and LM-3C, is a Chinese orbital launch vehicle. It is launched from Launch Complex 2 and 3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XSLC). A three-stage rocket with two strap-on 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.

Launch statistics

Launches It made its maiden flight on 25 April 2008, at 15:35 UTC. The payload for the first launch was the Tianlian I-01 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, named Long March 3C/E, debuted during the launch of Chang'e 5-T1 on 23 October 2014. On 30 March 2015, the Yuanzheng upper stage was used on top of a Long March 3C launch vehicle for the first time.

List of launches

Flight number Serial number Date (UTC) Launch site Version Payload Orbit Result 1 Y1 25 April 200815:35 XSLC, LA-2 3C Tianlian I-01 GTO 2 Y3 14 April 200916:16 XSLC, LA-2 3C Compass-G2 GTO 3 Y2 16 January 201016:12 XSLC, LA-2 3C Compass-G1 GTO 4 Y4 2 June 201015:53 XSLC, LA-2 3C Compass-G3 GTO 5 Y7 1 October 201010:59 XSLC, LA-2 3C Chang'e 2 LTO 6 Y5 31 October 201016:26 XSLC, LA-2 3C Compass-G4 GTO 7 Y8 11 July 201115:41 XSLC, LA-2 3C Tianlian I-02 GTO 8 Y6 24 February 201216:12 XSLC, LA-2 3C Compass-G5 GTO 9 Y9 25 July 201215:43 XSLC, LA-2 3C Tianlian I-03 GTO 10 Y10 25 October 201215:33 XSLC, LA-2 3C Compass-G6 GTO 11 Y12 23 October 201418:00 XSLC, LA-2 3C/E Chang'e 5-T1 LTO 12 Y11 30 March 201513:52 XSLC, LA-2 3C / YZ-1 BDS I1-S GSO 13 Y14 1 February 201607:29 XSLC, LA-2 3C / YZ-1 BDS M3-S MEO 14 Y15 12 June 201615:30 XSLC, LA-3 3C/E Compass-G7 GTO 15 Y13 22 November 201615:24 XSLC, LA-2 3C/E Tianlian I-04 GTO 16 Y17 24 December 201816:53 XSLC, LA-3 3C/E TJS-3 GTO 17 Y16 17 May 201915:48 XSLC, LA-2 3C/E Compass-G8 GTO 18 Y18 6 July 202115:53 XSLC, LA-2 3C/E Tianlian I-05 GTO 19 Y19 12 May 202518:09 XSLC, LA-3 3C/E TJS-19 GTO 20 Y20(YZ-1 Y18) 5 September 202502:34 XSLC, LA-2 3C/E + YZ-1 Shiyan 29 GSO

See also

List of Long March launches (2025-2029)

References