Long March 5

Long March 5 and Long March 5B have enabled China to launch the Tianwen-1 interplanetary mission, a first lunar sample return mission, and roughly 22-ton modules that make up the Tiangong space station.

A failure of the Long March 5 rocket in 2017-07-01 and subsequent issues with the rocket’s engines and turbopumps delayed China's Tiangong schedule.

China launched the third and final module for its Tiangong space station with the fourth Long March 5B rocket on 2022-10-31.

A Long March 5B rocket lifted off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center at 3:37 a.m. Eastern on 2022-10-31.

CALT manufactures the kerosene-liquid oxygen Long March 5 and Long March 7 rockets and is developing the kerolox super heavy-lift Long March 9.

Components of the 849-metric-ton Long March 5B rocket were delivered to Wenchang on 2022-09-03.

The five-meter-diameter Long March 5B rocket was manufactured and tested in Tianjin before being shipped south to Wenchang.

China had intended to launch the Tianhe core module in 2018 but a Long March 5 launch failure in 2017-07-01 and subsequent engine issues delayed the project.

Components of the fourth Long March 5B rocket were delivered to Qinglan port near Wenchang in early September by the Yuanwang 21 and Yuanwang 22 cargo ships.

China developed YF-100 kerolox engines for the Long March 5 through Long March 8 series within the last 10 years.

The CZ5DY is based on technology and tooling developed for the Long March 5 heavy rocket variants that have launched China’s space station modules, the Tianwen Mars mission, and a lunar sample-return mission.

China plans to launch a third module in October 2022 to complete the three-module, T-shaped Tiangong space station using a Long March 5B rocket.

The Wentian experiment module launched atop a Long March 5B rocket at 2:22 a.m. Eastern from the Wenchang spaceport on Hainan.

The Long March 5 upper stage that launched the 2020 Chang’e-5 mission reentered the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean one week after launch.

The second stage of the Long March 5 rocket that launched China’s 2020 Chang’e-5 mission reentered the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean a week after launch.

CALT has been developing a new-generation launch vehicle for human spaceflight that builds on breakthroughs made for the Long March 5.

The Chang’e-5 spacecraft used extra fuel capacity enabled by the precise initial orbital injection performed by the Long March 5 launch vehicle.

Chang’e-5 launched from Wenchang on a Long March 5 rocket in 2020-11-01 and included an orbiter, a lander, an ascent vehicle, and a return capsule.