
Long March 2F
Long March family · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Retired
The Long March 2F is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket, part of the Long March 2 rocket family. Designed to launch the crewed Shenzhou spacecraft, the Long March 2F is a human-rated two-stage version of the Long March 2E rocket, which in turn was based on the Long March 2C launch vehicle. It is launched from complex SLS at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 5,985 kN
- Height
- 62 m
- Diameter
- 3.35 m
- Launch mass
- 464 t
- Stages
- 2
- Launch cost
- —
- LEO capacity
- 8,400 kg
- GTO capacity
- —
- GEO capacity
- —
- SSO capacity
- —
Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.
Flight record
Flights
7
Launches with a definitive outcome
Success rate
100%
7 of 7
Current success streak
7
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 2F | Shenzhou-7 — Success
- Long March 2F | Shenzhou-6 — Success
- Long March 2F | Shenzhou-5 — Success
- Long March 2F | Shenzhou-4 — Success
- Long March 2F | Shenzhou-3 — Success