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...
TJS-11 is the first TJS satellite launched on a Long March 5 launch vehicle.
A Long March 5 rocket lifted off from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Hainan Island at 6:30 a.m. Eastern (1130 UTC) on 2024-02-23.
Chang’e-7 is scheduled to launch on a Long March 5 rocket in 2026 from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center.
Chang'e-6 will launch on a Long March 5 rocket around 2024-05-01.
Hainan’s Wenchang spaceport opened in 2014 and hosts launches of China’s large kerosene-liquid oxygen rockets, most notably the Long March 5 series.
China has considered using the Long March 5B rocket with a Yuanzheng-2 upper stage to deploy large batches of satellites into orbit.
The Long March-5 Y6 carrier rocket launched from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Hainan.
The DFH-5 satellite bus size and mass require the Long March 5, which can carry 14,000 kg to GTO, for launch.
The Long March 5 rocket first launched in late 2016 and experienced a failure on its second flight in 2017.
The Long March 5 has successfully launched the DFH-5 Shijian-20, China’s Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter and rover mission, and the 2020 Chang’e-5 lunar sample return mission.
The sixth Long March 5 rocket lifted off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center at 8:41 a.m. Eastern (1341 UTC) on 2023-12-15.
The Long March 5 serves as the basis for the under-development Long March 10, which will use upgraded YF-100 kerosene-liquid engines and three five-meter-diameter cores.
China is developing a three-stage heavy-lift rocket specifically intended to send Chinese astronauts to the Moon by 2030 powered by upgraded kerolox engines based on the Long March 5.
CASC indicated it intended to begin launching batches of Guowang satellites potentially using a Long March 5B rocket modified to use a Yuanzheng-2 upper stage.
The China Academy of Space Technology developed the larger DFH-5 bus, which requires the Long March 5 launcher.
The DFH-5-based satellite Shijian-18 was lost in the failure of the second Long March 5 launch in 2017.
Chang'e-8 is slated to launch in 2028 on a Long March 5 rocket from the Wenchang spaceport.
Chang'e-6 will launch on a Long March 5 rocket from the Wenchang spaceport.
The first batch of satellites for Guowang is expected to launch later in 2023, possibly on a Long March 5B rocket with a Yuanzheng-2 upper stage.
Tianwen-3 will use a pair of Long March 5 rockets to send two separate spacecraft stacks toward Mars around 2030 with the goal of collecting and returning 0.5 kg of samples.