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Launch Vehicles
Vehicle family profile

Long March 12

长征十二号

Family-level launch record combining canonical variants, historical missions, public cadence forecasts, and available payload performance specs.

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC)Active
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Variants
2
Canonical variants linked to this family.
Historical missions
7
Missions in the public mission table with actual launch dates.
Peak listed capacity
20,000 kg
Maximum payload capacity across listed variants and orbits.

Launch Cadence

Historical missions are grouped by actual launch year. Forecast cadence uses family-level launch-rate rows.

YearHistorical missionsForecast launches
202410
202530
202636
2027010
2028014
2029016
2030016
2031016
2032020
2033020
2034020
2035020
2036020
2037020
2038020
2039020
2040020

Performance Specs

Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.

VariantOrbitCapacityAltitudeInclinationSource
Long March 12B
LEO20,000 kgUnknownUnknownRocketLaunch.org Long March 12B
Long March 12
LEO12,000 kgUnknownUnknownCASC / SpaceChina Long March 12 page

Recent Missions

Latest launched missions using variants in this family.

MissionVariantLaunch
WHDW 22
Long March 12
Jun 17, 2026
Qianfan 08
Long March 12B
Jun 1, 2026
WHDW 19
Long March 12
Jan 19, 2026
WHDW 16

Variants

Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.

VariantStagesMissionsStatus
Long March 12
Not stated6Active
Long March 12B
21Active
2041020

Forecast Location Split

1 launch location represented.

YearLocationLaunchesConfidenceBasis
2026Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site622%China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume con...
2027Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site1022%China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume con...
2028Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site1422%China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume con...
2029Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site1622%China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume con...
2030Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site1622%China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume con...
2031Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site1622%China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume con...
2032Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site2022%China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume con...
2033Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site2022%China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume con...
2034Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site2022%China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume con...
2035Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site2022%China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume con...
2036Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site2022%China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume con...
2037Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site2022%China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume con...
2038Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site2022%China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume con...
2039Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site2022%China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume con...
2040Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site2022%China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume con...
2041Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site2022%China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume con...
Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site
2026 · 22% confidence
6

China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume constellation deploymen...

Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site
2027 · 22% confidence
10

China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume constellation deploymen...

Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site
2028 · 22% confidence
14

China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume constellation deploymen...

Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site
2029 · 22% confidence
16

China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume constellation deploymen...

Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site
2030 · 22% confidence
16

China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume constellation deploymen...

Long March 12
SSO6,000 kg700 kmUnknownCASC / SpaceChina Long March 12 page
Long March 12
Dec 11, 2025
WHDW 13
Long March 12
Nov 10, 2025
WHDW 07
Long March 12
Aug 4, 2025
SITS
Long March 12
Nov 30, 2024

Forecasted Missions

Upcoming mission rows with announced launch timing.

MissionVariantAnnounced

No forecasted missions

No upcoming announced mission rows are linked to this vehicle family.

Track
Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site
2031 · 22% confidence
16

China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume constellation deploymen...

Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site
2032 · 22% confidence
20

China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume constellation deploymen...

Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site
2033 · 22% confidence
20

China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume constellation deploymen...

Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site
2034 · 22% confidence
20

China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume constellation deploymen...

Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site
2035 · 22% confidence
20

China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume constellation deploymen...

Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site
2036 · 22% confidence
20

China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume constellation deploymen...

Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site
2037 · 22% confidence
20

China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume constellation deploymen...

Mentions
182
All verified mentions of this launch vehicle family in source documents.
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The Long March 12 will be China’s first 3.8-meter-diameter launcher and will launch from the Wenchang commercial spaceport.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Feb 26, 2024China’s 2024 space plans include 100 launches and moon sample return mission
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The Long March 12 will be capable of lifting 10,000 kg to low Earth orbit or 6,000 kg to a 700-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.

CapabilityValue 4.5Feb 26, 2024China’s 2024 space plans include 100 launches and moon sample return mission