Head to head

Long March 3B 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: 11,500 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	Titan IIIC
Flights flown	24	36
Success rate	87.5%	94.4%
Payload to LEO (kg)	11,500	13,100
Payload to GTO (kg)	5,100	3,000
Liftoff thrust (kN)	5,923	10,586
Length (m)	54.8	42
Diameter (m)	3.35	3
Launch mass (t)	426	626
Stages	3	3

Long March 3B

Flight record

87.5% success rate21 of 24 flown · 3 failed

1996peak 2020 · 4 flights2023

Maiden flight 1996-02-14. 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 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 · 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.