Head to head

H-IIA vs Long March 2F/G

Two vehicles in the same payload class. Every figure below comes from the same two sources for both rockets, and a row appears only when both publish the input.

Payload to low Earth orbit

Relative

H-IIA: 10,000 kg

Long March 2F/G: 8,399 kg

Side by side

7 comparable figures

The highlighted value wins the row. Rows where neither direction is better, like length or stage count, highlight nothing.

Metric	H-IIA	Long March 2F/G
Flights flown	50	22
Success rate	98%	100%
Payload to LEO (kg)	10,000	8,399
Length (m)	53	62
Diameter (m)	4	3.35
Launch mass (t)	285	464
Stages	2	2

H-IIA

Flight record

98% success rate49 of 50 flown · 1 failed

2001peak 2017 · 6 flights2025

Maiden flight 2001-08-29. Retired.

Long March 2F/G

Flight record

100% success rate22 of 22 flown

2011peak 2022 · 3 flights2026

Maiden flight 2011-10-31. Still flying.

H-IIA is built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan (company profile on Space Index).Long March 2F/G is built by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation of China.

Full specifications and the complete launch history for each: H-IIA · Long March 2F/G.

Specifications from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs, launch records from Space Index. Derived figures are computed here; see sources and method.