Long March (rocket family)

The Long March rockets are a family of expendable launch system rockets operated by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.^{[1] [2]} The rockets are named after the Chinese Red Army's 1934–35 Long March military retreat during the Chinese Civil War.^[3]

The Long March series has performed more than 500 launches, including missions to low Earth orbit, Sun-synchronous orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, and Earth-Moon transfer orbit. The new-generation carrier rockets, Long March 5, Long March 6, Long March 7, Long March 11, and Long March 8, have made their maiden flights. Among them, the Long March 5 has a low-Earth orbit carrying capacity of 25,000 kilograms, and a geosynchronous transfer orbit carrying capacity of 14,000 kilograms.^[1][2]