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Long March · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Long March 5/YZ-2

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Specifications

Status
active
First flight
2016-11-03
Total launches
2
Success / Fail
1 / 1

Long March 5 or Changzheng 5 (CZ-5), also known by its nickname "Pang-Wu", is a Chinese heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT). The most powerful Chinese rocket and Long March rocket ever built, it is also the most powerful orbital launch vehicle operating outside of the United States. First launched in 2016, CZ-5 has carried cornerstones of the Chinese space program: all three modules of the Tiangong space station, two Moon sample returns, and one Mars mission.

Payloads it launched · 1

SHIJIAN-17 (SJ-17)
GEO