Long March 6A
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The Long March 6A is a Chinese launch vehicle of the Long March family, which was developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) and the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST). The vehicle is a further development of the Long March 6, with 2 YF-100 engines on the first stage as opposed to 1 on the Long March 6, augmented by 4 solid rocket boosters. The Long March 6A is China's first rocket with solid rocket boosters. The maiden launch of the Long March 6A took place 29 March 2022, successfully reaching orbit. It was also the first launch from the newly built launch complex 9A in Taiyuan.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 7,230 kN
- Height
- 50 m
- Diameter
- 3.35 m
- Launch mass
- 530 t
- Stages
- 2
- Launch cost
- —
- LEO capacity
- —
- GTO capacity
- —
- GEO capacity
- —
- SSO capacity
- 6,400 kg
Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.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
- Long March 6A | SpaceSail Polar Group #13 — Success
- Long March 6A | SpaceSail Polar Group #11 — Success
- Long March 6A | SpaceSail Polar Group #8 — Success
- Long March 6A | SatNet LEO Group 21 — Success
- Long March 6A | Yaogan 50-02 — Success