Head to head

Long March 2D vs Vostok 8A92

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 2D: 3,500 kg

Vostok 8A92: 4,730 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 2D	Vostok 8A92
Flights flown	101	44
Success rate	99%	90.9%
Payload to LEO (kg)	3,500	4,730
Liftoff thrust (kN)	2,962	3,996
Length (m)	38.3	30.84
Diameter (m)	3.35	2.99
Launch mass (t)	232	281
Stages	2	2

Long March 2D

Flight record

99% success rate100 of 101 flown · 1 failed

1992peak 2022 · 14 flights2026

Maiden flight 1992-08-09. Still flying.

Vostok 8A92

Flight record

90.9% success rate40 of 44 flown · 4 failed

1962peak 1966 · 10 flights1967

Maiden flight 1962-06-01. Retired.

Long March 2D is built by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation of China.Vostok 8A92 is built by RKK Energiya of Russia.

Full specifications and the complete launch history for each: Long March 2D · Vostok 8A92.

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