Long March 2

The Long March 2F boosters have a diameter of 2.3 meters each.

The launch on February 7, 2026 used a Long March-2F carrier rocket.

With the February 7th launch, the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center’s Long March 2F series facilities can shift to solely working on upcoming crewed missions.

The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology developed the Long March 2F.

The February 7th launch was the 28th launch of the Long March 2F series.

A Long March 2F rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center carrying a classified Reusable Experimental Spacecraft into orbit.

The Long March 2F first and second stages have a diameter of 3.35 meters.

The Long March 2F/T launch vehicle carried China’s Reusable Experimental Spacecraft into low Earth orbit on February 7th.

The Long March 2F/T launches China’s reusable spaceplane and launched the first two Tiangong space stations.

The four boosters of the Long March 2F are each powered by one YF-20B engine producing 83 tons of thrust each for a combined booster thrust of 332 tons and burning dinitrogen tetroxide and unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine.

The Long March 2F is the only human-rated launch vehicle currently active in China.

The Shenzhou spacecraft protective fairing used with the Long March 2F has a maximum diameter of 3.6 meters.

The Long March 2F/G launches the Shenzhou spacecraft.

The combined thrust of the Long March 2F first stage and four boosters is 664 tons.

A Long March 2F (CZ-2F) rocket launched from Jiuquan at about 03:57 UTC on February 7, 2026.

The fully fueled launch mass of the Long March 2F is 464,000 kilograms.

The Long March 2F payload capacity is 8,600 kilograms to low Earth orbit with a 4.2-meter-wide fairing.

The first stage of the Long March 2F is powered by four YF-20B engines producing a combined 332 tons of thrust and burning dinitrogen tetroxide and unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine.