Head to head

Long March 2C vs Vostok 8A92M

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

Vostok 8A92M: 3,800 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	Vostok 8A92M
Flights flown	66	93
Success rate	98.5%	98.9%
Payload to LEO (kg)	3,850	3,800
Length (m)	42	30.84
Diameter (m)	3.35	2.99
Launch mass (t)	233	282
Stages	2	2

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.

Vostok 8A92M

Flight record

98.9% success rate92 of 93 flown · 1 failed

1964peak 1979 · 8 flights1991

Maiden flight 1964-08-28. Retired.

Long March 2C is built by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation of China.Vostok 8A92M is built by RKK Energiya of Russia.

Full specifications and the complete launch history for each: Long March 2C · Vostok 8A92M.

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