Head to head

Long March 3B/E 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 3B/E: 12,000 kg

Titan IIIC: 13,100 kg

Side by side

9 comparable figures

The highlighted value wins the row. Rows where neither direction is better, like length or stage count, highlight nothing.

Metric	Long March 3B/E	Titan IIIC
Flights flown	78	36
Success rate	97.4%	94.4%
Payload to LEO (kg)	12,000	13,100
Payload to GTO (kg)	5,500	3,000
Liftoff thrust (kN)	5,924	10,586
Length (m)	56.3	42
Diameter (m)	3.35	3
Launch mass (t)	456	626
Stages	3	3

Long March 3B/E

Flight record

97.4% success rate76 of 78 flown · 2 failed

2007peak 2025 · 13 flights2026

Maiden flight 2007-05-13. 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 3B/E 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 3B/E · 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.