
Long March 2C/YZ-1S
Long March family · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Active
The Long March 2C is a family of expendable launch vehicles made and operated by China. It is a two stage launch vehicle with storable propellants, consisting of Nitrogen Tetroxide and Unsymmetrical Dimethylhydrazine.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 2,962 kN
- Height
- 42 m
- Diameter
- 3.35 m
- Launch mass
- 233 t
- Stages
- 3
- Launch cost
- —
- LEO capacity
- 3,850 kg
- GTO capacity
- 1,250 kg
- GEO capacity
- —
- SSO capacity
- 1,400 kg
Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.
Flight record
Flights
10
Launches with a definitive outcome
Success rate
90%
9 of 10
Current success streak
2
Landings
0
0 attempts · 0 droneship / 0 RTLS
Fastest turnaround
—
Between consecutive booster flights
Counted from padside's own launch record — the same basis as the Stats page.
Launches
- Long March 2C/YZ-1S | Shiyan 33 — Success
- Long March 2C/YZ-1S | 4 x SatNet test satellites — Success
- Long March 2C/YZ-1S | DRO-A/B — Partial Failure
- Long March 2C/YZ-1S | 3 x SatNet test satellites — Success
- Long March 2C/YZ-1S | Haiyang 3-01 — Success