Head to head

Long March 2C vs Rokot/Briz-KM

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

Rokot/Briz-KM: 1,850 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	Long March 2C	Rokot/Briz-KM
Flights flown	66	31
Success rate	98.5%	90.3%
Payload to LEO (kg)	3,850	1,850
Length (m)	42	29
Diameter (m)	3.35	2.5
Launch mass (t)	233	107
Stages	2	3

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.

Rokot/Briz-KM

Flight record

90.3% success rate28 of 31 flown · 3 failed

2000peak 2013 · 4 flights2019

Maiden flight 2000-05-16. Still flying.

Long March 2C is built by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation of China.Rokot/Briz-KM is built by Russian Aerospace Defence Forces of Russia (company profile on Space Index).

Full specifications and the complete launch history for each: Long March 2C · Rokot/Briz-KM.

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