OperationalCALT / CASCFirst Launch: 1999-11-19
Long March 2F
China's human-rated launch vehicle, used exclusively for crewed Shenzhou missions and Tiangong space station modules.
SpaceStats Reliability & Flight Record
TOTAL LAUNCHES
29
Orbital missions
SUCCESSFUL
29
0 failures
SUCCESS RATE
100.0%
LANDINGS
0
Expendable Vehicle
CALT / CASCFeatured Photography
Shenzhou-16 Crew Launch on Long March 2F
CNSA / Xinhua
Technical & Propulsion Specifications
Operator: CALT / CASCVehicle Dimensions & Mass
- Overall Height
- 62 m
- Body Diameter
- 3.35 m
- Gross Lift-off Mass
- 464 t
- Stages Count
- 2
- Fairing Diameter
- 4.2 m
Stage 1 (Booster)
- Recovery Mode
- Expendable
Stage 2 & Capacities
- LEO Capacity
- 8.4 t
- Cost per Launch
- $70,000,000
- LEO Price / kg
- ~$8,333 / kg
Fleet Deployment & Economics Suite
Model Satellite Constellations or Payload Charters with Long March 2F
Calculate multi-plane Walker Delta fleet costs, fairing dispenser limits, launch cadence timelines, and single-mission rideshare economics.
High-Resolution Photo Gallery & Media
3 photos & renders of Long March 2F
View Fullscreen
Liftoff2023-05-30Shenzhou-16 Crew Launch on Long March 2F
Long March 2F human-rated launcher sending Shenzhou-16 astronauts to the Tiangong Space Station from Jiuquan.
CNSA / Xinhua
Source 
View Fullscreen
Pad2021-10-14Long March 2F with Launch Escape Tower
Human-rated CZ-2F rocket with its nose-mounted solid rocket abort tower at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
CNSA
Source 
View Fullscreen
Pad2016-10-15Long March 2F Enclosed in Service Gantry
The mobile service tower arms enclosing the CZ-2F vehicle during pre-flight propellant loading.
Xinhua
Source SpaceStats Launch Manifest & Database
0 mission records cataloged in database
No individual manifest entries logged in database for Long March 2F.
Summary stats and flight achievements are detailed in the overview above.