Head to head

Long March 2F/G vs Titan IIIC

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

Titan IIIC: 13,100 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	Titan IIIC
Flights flown	22	36
Success rate	100%	94.4%
Payload to LEO (kg)	8,399	13,100
Length (m)	62	42
Diameter (m)	3.35	3
Launch mass (t)	464	626
Stages	2	3

Long March 2F/G

Flight record

100% success rate22 of 22 flown

2011peak 2022 · 3 flights2026

Maiden flight 2011-10-31. Still flying.

Titan IIIC

Flight record

94.4% success rate34 of 36 flown · 2 failed

1965peak 1965 · 3 flights1982

Maiden flight 1965-06-18. Retired.

Long March 2F/G is built by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation of China.Titan IIIC is built by Lockheed Martin of the United States.

Full specifications and the complete launch history for each: Long March 2F/G · Titan IIIC.

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