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Long March 2

长征二号

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
13
Canonical variants linked to this family.
Historical missions
233
Missions in the public mission table with actual launch dates.
Peak listed capacity
8,400 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
201920
2020110
2021140
2022240
2023250
2024180
2025130
202698
202708
202808
202908
203008
203108
203208
203308
203408
203508

Performance Specs

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

VariantOrbitCapacityAltitudeInclinationSource
Long March 2F G
LEO8,400 kgUnknownUnknownManual Long March crew-launch vehicle capacity fallback.
Long March 2F T
LEO8,400 kgUnknownUnknownManual Long March crew-launch vehicle capacity copied from sibling Chang Zheng 2F G row.
Long March 2C
LEO3,850 kgUnknownUnknownRocketLaunch.org Long March 2C vehicle page

Recent Missions

Latest launched missions using variants in this family.

MissionVariantLaunch
WHJSW 10
Long March 2D
May 30, 2026
Shenzhou 23 Mission
Long March 2F G
May 24, 2026
WHJSW 9-1 to 9-4
Long March 2D
Apr 24, 2026
Shiyan 33 Mission

Variants

Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.

VariantStagesMissionsStatus
Long March 2
Not stated2Retired
Long March 2C
Not stated50Active
Long March 2C a
Not stated2Retired
Long March 2C b
Not stated26Retired
203608
203708
203808
203908
204008
204108

Forecast Location Split

1 launch location represented.

YearLocationLaunchesConfidenceBasis
2026China inland launch centers | aggregate825%Editable low-confidence Long March workhorse variant annual throughput default.
2027China inland launch centers | aggregate825%Editable low-confidence Long March workhorse variant annual throughput default.
2028China inland launch centers | aggregate825%Editable low-confidence Long March workhorse variant annual throughput default.
2029China inland launch centers | aggregate825%Editable low-confidence Long March workhorse variant annual throughput default.
2030China inland launch centers | aggregate825%Editable low-confidence Long March workhorse variant annual throughput default.
2031China inland launch centers | aggregate825%Editable low-confidence Long March workhorse variant annual throughput default.
2032China inland launch centers | aggregate825%Editable low-confidence Long March workhorse variant annual throughput default.
2033China inland launch centers | aggregate825%Editable low-confidence Long March workhorse variant annual throughput default.
2034China inland launch centers | aggregate825%Editable low-confidence Long March workhorse variant annual throughput default.
2035China inland launch centers | aggregate825%Editable low-confidence Long March workhorse variant annual throughput default.
2036China inland launch centers | aggregate825%Editable low-confidence Long March workhorse variant annual throughput default.
2037China inland launch centers | aggregate825%Editable low-confidence Long March workhorse variant annual throughput default.
2038China inland launch centers | aggregate825%Editable low-confidence Long March workhorse variant annual throughput default.
2039China inland launch centers | aggregate825%Editable low-confidence Long March workhorse variant annual throughput default.
2040China inland launch centers | aggregate825%Editable low-confidence Long March workhorse variant annual throughput default.
2041China inland launch centers | aggregate825%Editable low-confidence Long March workhorse variant annual throughput default. Site-year coverage backfill copied nearest prior site-rate row.
China inland launch centers | aggregate
2026 · 25% confidence
8

Editable low-confidence Long March workhorse variant annual throughput default.

China inland launch centers | aggregate
2027 · 25% confidence
8

Editable low-confidence Long March workhorse variant annual throughput default.

China inland launch centers | aggregate
2028 · 25% confidence
8

Editable low-confidence Long March workhorse variant annual throughput default.

China inland launch centers | aggregate
2029 · 25% confidence
8

Editable low-confidence Long March workhorse variant annual throughput default.

China inland launch centers | aggregate
2030 · 25% confidence
8

Editable low-confidence Long March workhorse variant annual throughput default.

China inland launch centers | aggregate
2031 · 25% confidence
8

Editable low-confidence Long March workhorse variant annual throughput default.

Long March 2C
SSO2,500 kg700 kmUnknownCASC Long March 2C/YZ-1S launch report
Long March 2D
SSO1,300 kg700 kmUnknownSAST Long March 2D launch report
Long March 2C
GTO1,250 kgUnknownUnknownRocketLaunch.org Long March 2C vehicle page
Long March 2C
Mar 27, 2026
Siwei Gaojing 2-05/06
Long March 2D
Mar 25, 2026
Shiyan 30 03/04
Long March 2D
Mar 12, 2026
CSSHQ
Long March 2F T
Feb 7, 2026
Alsat-3B
Long March 2C
Jan 31, 2026

Forecasted Missions

Upcoming mission rows with announced launch timing.

MissionVariantAnnounced

No forecasted missions

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

Long March 2C-III
Not stated7Retired
Long March 2C SM
Not stated2Retired
Long March 2C SMA
Not stated3Retired
Long March 2D
Not stated102Active
Long March 2D a
Not stated3Retired
Long March 2E
Not stated7Retired
Long March 2F
Not stated7Retired
Long March 2F G
Not stated16Active
Long March 2F T
Not stated6Active
Track
China inland launch centers | aggregate
2032 · 25% confidence
8

Editable low-confidence Long March workhorse variant annual throughput default.

China inland launch centers | aggregate
2033 · 25% confidence
8

Editable low-confidence Long March workhorse variant annual throughput default.

China inland launch centers | aggregate
2034 · 25% confidence
8

Editable low-confidence Long March workhorse variant annual throughput default.

China inland launch centers | aggregate
2035 · 25% confidence
8

Editable low-confidence Long March workhorse variant annual throughput default.

China inland launch centers | aggregate
2036 · 25% confidence
8

Editable low-confidence Long March workhorse variant annual throughput default.

China inland launch centers | aggregate
2037 · 25% confidence
8

Editable low-confidence Long March workhorse variant annual throughput default.

Mentions
393
All verified mentions of this launch vehicle family in source documents.
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A Long March-2C carrier rocket (Chang Zheng 2C) launched on 2022-06-02 at 12:00 p.m. Beijing Time from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Jun 3, 2022China launches nine COMSATS to orbit
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A Long March 2C launched nine positioning and connectivity test satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China at 12:00 a.m.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Jun 2, 2022Long March 2C launches 9 navigation test satellites for Chinese automaker

Shenzhou-14 is planned to launch on a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan launch center in the Gobi Desert.

PlanValue 4.0May 10, 2022Tianzhou-4 cargo craft docks with Chinese space station

A Long March 2D rocket launched eight Jilin-1 remote sensing satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on 2022-05-04 at 10:38 p.m. Eastern.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.2May 5, 2022China launches new batches of Jilin-1 commercial remote sensing satellites

A Long March 2C rocket launched the Siwei-01 and Siwei-02 optical remote sensing satellites on 2022-04-29 at 12:11 a.m. from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert.

PlanValue 4.0Apr 29, 2022China launches pair of commercial remote sensing satellites, sea launch scrubbed

The Shenzhou-13 crew launched from Jiuquan atop a Long March 2F rocket in October 2021.

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Apr 16, 2022Shenzhou-13 astronauts return to Earth after 182-day mission

China launched a set of commercial satellites on a Long March 2C from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on 2022-03-05 at 1:01 a.m.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Mar 7, 2022China launches test satellites for broadband constellation

Work on Long March 2F, Long March 5B, and Long March 7 rockets continued during the Lunar New Year holiday in 2022.

PlanGeneralValue 2.0Feb 9, 2022China plans more than 50 space launches in 2022

The Tsinghua Science satellite was launched in August 2020 on a Long March 2D rocket to make atmospheric density and gravitational field measurements.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.2Jan 20, 2022Chinese satellite in near miss with Russian ASAT test debris

Beijing-based Galaxy Space is preparing to launch a batch of six LEO communications satellites in the first quarter of 2022 on a Long March 2C rocket.

PlanGeneralValue 4.5Jan 12, 2022China’s megaconstellation project establishes satellite cluster in Chongqing

A Long March 2D rocket lifted off from Jiuquan at 6:13 a.m. Eastern on 2021-12-29 carrying the Tianhui-4 mapping satellite into a 483 by 498-kilometer orbit inclined 89 degrees.

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Dec 30, 2021China closes record-breaking year with orbital launches from Jiuquan and Xichang

A Long March-2C rocket launched the two Yaogan-32 satellites at 10:43 a.m. Beijing time.

PlanValue 4.0Nov 3, 2021China Has Success Launching Two Remote Sensing Satellites From Jiuquan

Shenzhou-13 is planned to launch from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on a Long March 2F rocket as soon as early October 2021.

PlanValue 4.0Sep 17, 2021Shenzhou-12 astronauts return to Earth after 3-month space station mission

The Long March-2C achieved a 100 percent success rate for Yaogan-30 launches.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.2Jul 21, 2021China launches new remote-sensing satellite group

The Long March-2C can lift up to 2,000 kg to a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 500 km.

CapabilityValue 4.5Jul 21, 2021China launches new remote-sensing satellite group

Since the first Yaogan-30 launch in 2017, the Long March-2C has placed all 10 groups of Yaogan-30 satellites into their preset orbits with high precision.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jul 21, 2021China launches new remote-sensing satellite group

The satellites were launched by a Long March-2C carrier rocket at 2:30 p.m. Beijing time.

PlanGeneralValue 3.0Jun 20, 2021China Propels More Yaogan-30s Into Orbit

A Long March 2C rocket launched a group of classified Yaogan-30 satellites and the commercial Tianqi-14 satellite from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jun 18, 2021China launches new group of classified Yaogan-30 satellites

Shenzhou-12 launched on a Long March 2F from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 9:22 p.m. Eastern on 2021-06-16.

PlanValue 4.0Jun 17, 2021Shenzhou-12 docks with Tianhe space station module

The Long March 2F and Shenzhou spacecraft were developed following approval of Project 921 in 1992.

PlanGeneralValue 2.5Jun 10, 2021China set to launch first astronauts to space station with Shenzhou-12