Head to head

Long March 2C vs PSLV

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

Long March 2C: 3,850 kg

PSLV: 3,800 kg

Side by side

8 comparable figures

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

Metric	Long March 2C	PSLV
Flights flown	66	30
Success rate	98.5%	93.3%
Payload to LEO (kg)	3,850	3,800
Payload to SSO (kg)	1,400	1,092
Length (m)	42	44
Diameter (m)	3.35	2.8
Launch mass (t)	233	230
Stages	2	4

Long March 2C

Flight record

98.5% success rate65 of 66 flown · 1 failed

1982peak 2023 · 6 flights2026

Maiden flight 1982-09-09. Still flying.

PSLV

Flight record

93.3% success rate28 of 30 flown · 2 failed

1993peak 2007 · 2 flights2024

Maiden flight 2007-04-23. Still flying.

Long March 2C is built by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation of China.PSLV is built by Indian Space Research Organization of India (company profile on Space Index).

Full specifications and the complete launch history for each: Long March 2C · PSLV.

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