Head to head

Long March 4B 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 4B: 4,200 kg

Vostok 8A92: 4,730 kg

Side by side

8 comparable figures

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

Metric	Long March 4B	Vostok 8A92
Flights flown	58	44
Success rate	98.3%	90.9%
Payload to LEO (kg)	4,200	4,730
Liftoff thrust (kN)	2,961	3,996
Length (m)	44.1	30.84
Diameter (m)	3.35	2.99
Launch mass (t)	249	281
Stages	3	2

Long March 4B

Flight record

98.3% success rate57 of 58 flown · 1 failed

1999peak 2020 · 5 flights2026

Maiden flight 1999-05-10. 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 4B 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 4B · 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.