Head to head

Long March 2F/G 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 2F/G: 8,399 kg

Vostok 8A92: 4,730 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	Vostok 8A92
Flights flown	22	44
Success rate	100%	90.9%
Payload to LEO (kg)	8,399	4,730
Length (m)	62	30.84
Diameter (m)	3.35	2.99
Launch mass (t)	464	281
Stages	2	2

Long March 2F/G

Flight record

100% success rate22 of 22 flown

2011peak 2022 · 3 flights2026

Maiden flight 2011-10-31. 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 2F/G 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 2F/G · 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.