Long March 3

The second stage of the Long March 3B/E is powered by one YF-22E and four YF-23F vernier engines generating 81 tons of thrust.

The Long March 3B/E is capable of conducting launches every two weeks.

The payload capacity of the Long March 3B/E includes 11,500 kilograms to low Earth orbit, 7,100 kilograms to sun-synchronous orbit, 5,500 kilograms to geostationary transfer orbit, and 2,000 kilograms to geostationary orbit.

The Long March 3B successfully sent the TJS-21 experimental communications satellite into orbit.

A Long March 3B rocket lifted off at 1055 UTC on the specified date.

The Long March 3B is an older-generation geostationary orbit launch vehicle of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology.

The Long March 3B/E has successfully completed eleven launches in 2025, with two additional Long March 3C/E’s in May and September.

The Long March 3B/E rocket placed Gaofen-14-02 into a scheduled sun-synchronous orbit (SSO).

CALT stated it plans to perform dozens of launches of the Long March 3B/E by the end of 2024.

The Long March 3B/E rocket has successfully completed ten launches in 2025, including on the day of Gaofen-14-02's launch.

The satellite was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province using a modified Long March 3B/E rocket.

China successfully launched the Gaofen-14 02 satellite via the Long March 3B rocket.

Every Long March 3B launch has occurred from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province.

The first stage of the Long March 3B/E generates 302 tons of thrust with four YF-21C engines.

The second stage of the Long March 3B/E generates 81 tons of thrust with one YF-22E and four YF-23F vernier engines.

Ten Long March 3B/E rockets have successfully flown this year, along with a single Long March 3C/E.

Today's mission was the 111th launch of a Long March 3B vehicle.

The Long March 3B/E rocket could conduct almost a dozen launch missions before the end of 2025.