Long March 5

The upcoming launch will be the Long March 5’s third lunar-bound mission, the vehicle’s twelfth flight, and the nineteenth mission in the Long March 5 series.

The Long March 5 Y14 rocket arrived at Wenchang Space Launch Site on July 13 to support the Chang'e-7 launch mission.

The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology produces the Long March 5’s first and second stages.

The Long March 5 Y14 launch vehicle carrying Chang'e-7 arrived at Wenchang launch site on 2026-07-13.

The Long March 5 and the Chang’e 7 spacecraft will undergo final assembly and testing at the Wenchang Space Launch Site.

Joint testing of the Long March 5 and Chang’e 7 is expected to take a few weeks before rollout to Launch Complex 101.

The Long March 5 will use a 5.2-meter-diameter fairing to encapsulate the complete Chang’e 7 spacecraft.

The Chang'e-7 probe and the Long March 5 Y14 rocket will undergo launch-area general assembly and testing at Wenchang Space Launch Site.

The Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology manufactures the Long March 5’s four boosters.

The Long March 5 will send the Chang’e 7 robotic Moon mission toward a polar lunar orbit and keep it there for about ninety days before landing near Shackleton crater at the Moon’s south pole.

The Chang’e 7 spacecraft arrived at the launch site several months before the Long March 5.

The Long March 5 last flew in June with a geostationary satellite.

The Long March 5’s first stage, second stage, and four boosters will be individually inspected and tested before assembly.

The Long March 5 successfully inserted the classified experimental TJS-25 satellite into orbit.

The Long March 5 uses liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen in its first and second stages and rocket-grade kerosene and liquid oxygen in its four boosters.

A Long March 5 lifted off at 0730 UTC from Wenchang spaceport.

The Long March 5’s 18.5-meter-long fairing was used for the fifth time on this mission.

The Long March 5 is China’s largest and most capable launch vehicle currently in service.