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Long March family

Long March 5B

ActiveChinaChina Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationSpec: B

The configuration of the CZ-5B variant consists of the Long March 5 core stage with its four strapped-on liquid-fueled boosters, but the usual second stage will be absent; in place of the second stage would be heavier low earth orbit payloads.

Flights flown41 scheduled
Success rate100%4/4
Payload to LEO25,000kg
Maiden flight2020-05-05
Peak year20222 flights

Long March 5B is built by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation of China. It first flew on 5 May 2020.

Flight record

5 records
100% success rate4 of 4 flown
2020peak 2022 · 2 flights2022
First flight2020-05-05
Latest flight2022-10-31
Failures0
Consecutive successes4
Fastest turnaround99d 1h

Payload

Per mission profile
Low Earth orbit25,000kg

Vehicle

B spec
Stages1
Length53.66m
Diameter5m
Launch mass837t
Liftoff thrust10,565kN
Maiden flight2020-05-05
ReusableNo

Pads used

1 pad
1015

Orbits delivered

1 orbit
Low Earth Orbit5

Launch history

5 launches
DateMissionPadOrbitOutcome
2022-10-31Long March 5B | Mengtian101Low Earth OrbitSuccess
2022-07-24Long March 5B | Wentian101Low Earth OrbitSuccess
2021-04-29Long March 5B | Tianhe101Low Earth OrbitSuccess
2020-05-05Long March 5B | Maiden Flight101Low Earth OrbitSuccess
TBDLong March 5B | Xuntian Telescope101Low Earth OrbitScheduled

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

Further reading: Wikipedia