Head to head

Long March 2F/G vs Proton-M Briz-M

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 2F/G: 8,399 kg

Proton-M Briz-M: 21,000 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 2F/G	Proton-M Briz-M
Flights flown	22	68
Success rate	100%	91.2%
Payload to LEO (kg)	8,399	21,000
Length (m)	62	53
Diameter (m)	3.35	7.4
Launch mass (t)	464	712
Stages	2	4

Long March 2F/G

Flight record

100% success rate22 of 22 flown

2011peak 2022 · 3 flights2026

Maiden flight 2011-10-31. Still flying.

Proton-M Briz-M

Flight record

91.2% success rate62 of 68 flown · 6 failed

2001peak 2013 · 9 flights2023

Maiden flight 2001-04-07. Still flying.

Long March 2F/G is built by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation of China.Proton-M Briz-M is built by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center of Russia (company profile on Space Index).

Full specifications and the complete launch history for each: Long March 2F/G · Proton-M Briz-M.

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