长征五号
Family-level launch record combining canonical variants, historical missions, public cadence forecasts, and available payload performance specs.
Historical missions are grouped by actual launch year. Forecast cadence uses family-level launch-rate rows.
| Year | Historical missions | Forecast launches |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 10 |
| 2027 | 0 | 10 |
| 2028 | 0 | 10 |
| 2029 | 0 | 10 |
| 2030 | 0 | 10 |
| 2031 | 0 | 10 |
| 2032 | 0 | 10 |
| 2033 | 0 | 10 |
| 2034 | 0 | 10 |
| 2035 | 0 | 10 |
Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.
| Variant | Orbit | Capacity | Altitude | Inclination | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Long March 5 | LEO | 25,000 kg | Unknown | Unknown | CNSA Long March 5 page |
Long March 5B | LEO | 25,000 kg | Unknown | Unknown | CASC / SpaceChina Long March 5B page |
Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.
| Variant | Stages | Missions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Long March 5 | Not stated | 11 | Active |
Long March 5B | Not stated | 7 | Active |
| 2036 | 0 | 10 |
| 2037 | 0 | 10 |
| 2038 | 0 | 10 |
| 2039 | 0 | 10 |
| 2040 | 0 | 10 |
| 2041 | 0 | 10 |
1 launch location represented.
| Year | Location | Launches | Confidence | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Wenchang Space Launch Site | 10 | 22% | China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume con... |
| 2027 | Wenchang Space Launch Site | 10 | 22% | China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume con... |
| 2028 | Wenchang Space Launch Site | 10 | 22% | China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume con... |
| 2029 | Wenchang Space Launch Site | 10 | 22% | China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume con... |
| 2030 | Wenchang Space Launch Site | 10 | 22% | China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume con... |
| 2031 | Wenchang Space Launch Site | 10 | 22% | China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume con... |
| 2032 | Wenchang Space Launch Site | 10 | 22% | China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume con... |
| 2033 | Wenchang Space Launch Site | 10 | 22% | China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume con... |
| 2034 | Wenchang Space Launch Site | 10 | 22% | China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume con... |
| 2035 | Wenchang Space Launch Site | 10 | 22% | China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume con... |
| 2036 | Wenchang Space Launch Site | 10 | 22% | China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume con... |
| 2037 | Wenchang Space Launch Site | 10 | 22% | China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume con... |
| 2038 | Wenchang Space Launch Site | 10 | 22% | China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume con... |
| 2039 | Wenchang Space Launch Site | 10 | 22% | China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume con... |
| 2040 | Wenchang Space Launch Site | 10 | 22% | China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume con... |
| 2041 | Wenchang Space Launch Site | 10 | 22% | China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume con... |
China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume constellation deploymen...
China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume constellation deploymen...
China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume constellation deploymen...
China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume constellation deploymen...
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 5 | SSO | 15,000 kg | 700 km | Unknown | Chinese Long March 5 secondary reference |
Long March 5B | SSO | 15,000 kg | 700 km | Unknown | Chinese Long March 5 family page |
Long March 5 | GTO | 14,000 kg | Unknown | Unknown | CNSA Long March 5 page |
Long March 5B |
| Aug 13, 2025 |
| WHDW 03 | Long March 5B | Apr 28, 2025 |
| WHDW 01 | Long March 5B | Dec 16, 2024 |
| Chang'e-6 | Long March 5 | May 3, 2024 |
| TJS 11 | Long March 5 | Feb 23, 2024 |
Upcoming mission rows with announced launch timing.
| Mission | Variant | Announced |
|---|---|---|
No forecasted missionsNo upcoming announced mission rows are linked to this vehicle family. | ||
China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume constellation deploymen...
China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume constellation deploymen...
China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume constellation deploymen...
China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume constellation deploymen...
China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume constellation deploymen...
China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume constellation deploymen...
China launch cadence curve: active Long March/Gravity families scale from current low-confidence static defaults toward an analytically modeled high-volume constellation deploymen...
China is readying a Long March 5B rocket to launch Tianhe, a roughly 22-metric-ton spacecraft which will serve as the core space station module.
Wenchang has been developed as a coastal launch center to support China’s large new-generation Long March 5 and Long March 7 rockets.
China developed new-generation kerolox and hydrolox rockets over the past decade, including the Long March 5, 6, 7, and 8 series.
China developed a number of new-generation kerolox and hydrolox rockets over the past decade, including the Long March 5, 6, 7, and 8 series.
The launch of the Tianhe core module was delayed by the 2017 launch failure of the second Long March 5.
Tianwen-1 launched from Wenchang, south China, on 2020-07-23 aboard a Long March 5 heavy-lift rocket.
The Long March 5 launched the Tianwen-1 mission to Mars and the Chang'e-5 lunar sample-return spacecraft.
A YF-77 turbopump failure in 2017 caused the loss of the second Long March 5 and grounded the rocket for more than 900 days while engineers worked to identify and address the issue.
The second YF-77-powered Long March 5B rocket will launch the core module for China’s space station.
The Long March 5B rocket’s large core stage from the April 2020 flight reached orbital velocity and reentered uncontrollably off the west coast of Africa after passing over New York minutes earlier.
The Long March 5 rocket failed in 2017-07-01 and that failure delayed the Chang'e-5 mission by three years.
The Long March 8 and the new-generation Long March 5, 6, and 7 launch vehicles are designed to replace China’s hypergolic Long March 2 and 3 families.
The four-module Chang’e-5 spacecraft launched on a Long March 5 rocket on 2020-11-23.
The Chang’e-5 mission was launched by the Long March 5, which has a mass at liftoff of 878 metric tons and a length of 57 m.
The Chang’e-5 spacecraft was launched on a Long March 5 rocket from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center.
The fourth and most recent Long March 5 mission successfully launched the Tianwen-1 Mars spacecraft in July.
The failure of the second Long March 5 launch in 2017-07-01 caused a three-year delay for the Chang’e-5 mission that had been scheduled to launch later that year.
A Long March 5 rocket launched China’s Chang’e-5 spacecraft on Monday.
The failure of the second Long March 5 launch in 2017-07-01 delayed the Chang’e-5 mission by three years.
The fourth and most recent Long March 5 mission successfully launched the Tianwen-1 Mars spacecraft in July.