Long March 5
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Long March 5 is a Chinese heavy lift launch system developed by China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT). CZ-5 is the first Chinese vehicle designed from the ground up to focus on non-hypergolic liquid rocket propellants. Currently, two CZ-5 vehicle configurations are planned, with maximum payload capacities of ~25,000 kilograms (55,000 lb) to LEO and ~14,000 kilograms (31,000 lb) to GTO. The Long March 5 roughly matches the capabilities of American EELV heavy-class vehicles such as the Delta IV Heavy.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 10,600 kN
- Height
- 57 m
- Diameter
- 5 m
- Launch mass
- 867 t
- Stages
- 2
- Launch cost
- —
- LEO capacity
- 25,000 kg
- GTO capacity
- 14,000 kg
- GEO capacity
- —
- SSO capacity
- —
Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.
Flight record
Counted from padside's own launch record — the same basis as the Stats page.
Launches
Next: Long March 5 | Chang'e 7 — August 24, 2026
- Long March 5 | TJSW-25 — Success
- Long March 5 | TJSW-23 — Success
- Long March 5 | TJSW-20 — Success
- Long March 5 | Chang'e 6 — Success
- Long March 5 | TJSW-11 — Success