RetiredCALT / CASCFirst Launch: 1990-07-16
Long March 2E
China's first rocket to use strap-on liquid boosters, developed in the early 1990s to launch heavier GTO payloads before being succeeded by Long March 2F.
SpaceStats Reliability & Flight Record
TOTAL LAUNCHES
7
Orbital missions
SUCCESSFUL
4
1 failures
SUCCESS RATE
57.1%
LANDINGS
0
Expendable Vehicle
CALT / CASCFeatured Photography
Long March 2E Launching Aussat B1
CALT
Technical & Propulsion Specifications
Operator: CALT / CASCVehicle Dimensions & Mass
- Overall Height
- 49.7 m
- Body Diameter
- 3.35 m
- Gross Lift-off Mass
- 460 t
- Stages Count
- 3
- Fairing Diameter
- 3.35 m
Stage 1 (Booster)
- Recovery Mode
- Expendable
Stage 2 & Capacities
- LEO Capacity
- 9.5 t
- GTO Capacity
- 3.5 t
- Cost per Launch
- $30,000,000
- LEO Price / kg
- ~$3,158 / kg
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High-Resolution Photo Gallery & Media
1 photo & renders of Long March 2E
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Liftoff1992-08-13Long March 2E Launching Aussat B1
Long March 2E with four liquid strap-on boosters lifting off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
CALT
Source SpaceStats Launch Manifest & Database
0 mission records cataloged in database
No individual manifest entries logged in database for Long March 2E.
Summary stats and flight achievements are detailed in the overview above.