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| Attribute | |
|---|---|
| Company | CASC / CALT |
| Country | 🇨🇳 China |
| Status | Active |
| Vehicle class | Medium |
| Propellant | RP-1 / LOX (YF-100 + YF-115) |
| Reusable | No |
| Stages | 2 |
| First flight | 2016 |
| Payload to LEO | 13,500 kgas of [1]SSO capacity ~5,500 kg |
| Payload to GTO | — |
| Height | 53.1 mas of [1] |
| Liftoff mass | 597 tas of [1] |
| Success rate | 100%as of [2]12/12 missions, all Tianzhou ISS resupply or CZ-7 tech demo flights |
| Total flights | 12as of [2]Most recently Tianzhou-10 cargo to Tiangong (May 11, 2026) |
| Cost / kg LEO | — |
| Summary | China's workhorse medium-lift rocket, used exclusively for Tianzhou automated cargo missions to the Tiangong space station. Designed to replace the Long March 2F for high-cadence LEO/cargo missions. Uses the same YF-100 engines as Long March 5's boosters. |
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