Long March 3C

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Long March 3C
CZ-3C.svg
Drawing of Long March 3C
Function Carrier rocket
Manufacturer CALT
Country of origin  People's Republic of China
Size
Height 54.8 metres (180 ft)[1]
Diameter 3.35 metres (11.0 ft)[1]
Mass 345,000 kilograms (761,000 lb)[1]
Stages 3
Capacity
Payload to GTO 3C: 3,800 kilograms (8,400 lb)[2][3]
3C/E: 3,900 kilograms (8,600 lb)
Payload to HCO 2,400 kilograms (5,300 lb)[2][3]
Associated rockets
Family Long March
Launch history
Status Active
Launch sites LA-2 & LA-3, XSLC
Total launches 12
Successes 12
First flight 25 April 2008
Boosters (3C)
No. boosters 2
Length 15.33 m (50.3 ft)
Diameter 2.25 m (7 ft 5 in)
Propellant mass 37,700 kg (83,100 lb)
Engines 1 YF-25
Thrust 740.4 kN (166,400 lbf)
Specific impulse 2,556.2 m/s (260.66 s)
Burn time 127 s
Fuel N2O4/UDMH
Boosters (3C/E)
No. boosters 2
Length 16.1 m (53 ft)
Diameter 2.25 m (7 ft 5 in)
Propellant mass 41,100 kg (90,600 lb)
Engines 1 YF-25
Thrust 740.4 kN (166,400 lbf)
Specific impulse 2,556.2 m/s (260.66 s)
Burn time 140 s
Fuel N2O4/UDMH
First stage (3C)
Length 23.27 m (76.3 ft)
Diameter 3.35 m (11.0 ft)
Propellant mass 171,800 kg (378,800 lb)
Engines 4 YF-21C
Thrust 2,961.6 kN (665,800 lbf)
Specific impulse 2,556.5 m/s (260.69 s)
Burn time 145 s
Fuel N2O4/UDMH
First stage (3C/E)
Length 24.76 m (81.2 ft)
Diameter 3.35 m (11.0 ft)
Propellant mass 186,200 kg (410,500 lb)
Engines 4 YF-21C
Thrust 2,961.6 kN (665,800 lbf)
Specific impulse 2,556.5 m/s (260.69 s)
Burn time 158 s
Fuel N2O4/UDMH
Second stage
Length 12.92 m (42.4 ft)
Diameter 3.35 m (11.0 ft)
Propellant mass 49,400 kg (108,900 lb)
Engines 1 YF-24E (YF-22E (Main)
4 x YF-23C (Vernier))
Thrust 742 kN (167,000 lbf) (Main)
47.1 kN (10,600 lbf) (Vernier)
Specific impulse 2,922.57 m/s (298.019 s) (Main)
2,910.5 m/s (296.79 s) (Vernier)
Burn time 185 s
Fuel N2O4/UDMH
Third stage
Length 12.38 m (40.6 ft)
Diameter 3.0 m (9.8 ft)
Propellant mass 18,200 kg (40,100 lb)
Engines 1 YF-75
Thrust 167.17 kN (37,580 lbf)
Specific impulse 4,295 m/s (438.0 s)
Burn time 478 s
Fuel LH2/LOX

The Long March 3C (simplified Chinese: 长征三号丙火箭; traditional Chinese: 長征三號丙火箭; pinyin: Chángzhēng Sānhào Bǐng Huǒjiàn), also known as the Changzheng 3C, CZ-3C and LM-3C, is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. It is launched from Launch Complex 2 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre. A 3-stage rocket with two strapon liquid rocket boosters, it is a member of the Long March 3 rocket family, and was derived from the Long March 3B. It was designed to fill a gap in payload capacities between the Long March 3A and 3B.

Launches

It made its maiden flight on 25 April 2008, at 15:35 GMT. The payload for the first launch was the Tianlian-1 data relay communications satellite. The second carried the Compass-G2 navigation satellite, and was conducted on 14 April 2009. The third launch was made on 16 January 2010, with the Compass-G1 satellite. The fourth carrying the Compass-G3 navigation satellite was launched on 2 June 2010. On 1 October 2010, it successfully launched China's second lunar probe, Chang'e 2.

An enhanced version of the Long March 3C rocket debuted during the launch of Chang'e 5-T1 on 23 October 2014.[4] On 30 March 2015 the Yuanzheng-1 upper stage was used on top of a Long March 3C rocket for the first time.[5]

List of Launches

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Flight number Date (UTC) Launch site Version Payload Orbit Result
1 April 25, 2008
15:35
LA-2, XSLC 3C Tianlian I-01 GTO Success
2 April 14, 2009
16:16
LA-2, XSLC 3C Compass-G2 GTO Success
3 January 16, 2010
16:12
LA-2, XSLC 3C Compass-G1 GTO Success
4 June 2, 2010
15:53
LA-2, XSLC 3C Compass-G3 GTO Success
5 October 1, 2010
10:59
LA-2, XSLC 3C Chang'e 2 LTO Success
6 October 31, 2010
16:26
LA-2, XSLC 3C Compass-G4 GTO Success
7 July 11, 2011
15:41
LA-2, XSLC 3C Tianlian I-02 GTO Success
8 February 24, 2012
16:12
LA-2, XSLC 3C Compass-G5 GTO Success
9 July 25, 2012
15:43
LA-2, XSLC 3C Tianlian I-03 GTO Success
10 October 25, 2012
16:33
LA-2, XSLC 3C Compass-G6 GTO Success
11 October 23, 2014
18:00
LA-2, XSLC 3C/E Chang'e 5-T1 LTO Success
12 March 30, 2015
13:52
LA-2, XSLC 3C/YZ-1 BDS I1-S GTO Success

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