Long March 3C


The Long March 3C, also known as the Changzheng 3C, CZ-3C and LM-3C, is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. It is launched from Launch Complex 2 and 3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. A 3-stage rocket with two strapon liquid rocket boosters, it is a member of the Long March 3 rocket family, and was derived from the Long March 3B. It was designed to fill a gap in payload capacities between the Long March 3A and 3B.

Launches

It made its maiden flight on 25 April 2008, at 15:35 UTC. The payload for the first launch was the Tianlian-1 data relay communications satellite. The second carried the Compass-G2 navigation satellite and was conducted on 14 April 2009. The third launch was made on 16 January 2010, with the Compass-G1 satellite. The fourth carrying the Compass-G3 navigation satellite was launched on 2 June 2010. On 1 October 2010, it successfully launched China's second lunar probe, Chang'e 2.
An enhanced version of the Long March 3C rocket debuted during the launch of Chang'e 5-T1 on 23 October 2014. On 30 March 2015, the Yuanzheng-1 upper stage was used on top of a Long March 3C rocket for the first time.

List of launches

Flight numberDate Launch siteVersionPayloadOrbitResult
1April 25, 2008
15:35		LA-2, XSLC3CTianlian I-01GTO
2April 14, 2009
16:16		LA-2, XSLC3CCompass-G2GTO
3January 16, 2010
16:12		LA-2, XSLC3CCompass-G1GTO
4June 2, 2010
15:53		LA-2, XSLC3CCompass-G3GTO
5October 1, 2010
10:59		LA-2, XSLC3CChang'e 2LTO
6October 31, 2010
16:26		LA-2, XSLC3CCompass-G4GTO
7July 11, 2011
15:41		LA-2, XSLC3CTianlian I-02GTO
8February 24, 2012
16:12		LA-2, XSLC3CCompass-G5GTO
9July 25, 2012
15:43		LA-2, XSLC3CTianlian I-03GTO
10October 25, 2012
15:33		LA-2, XSLC3CCompass-G6GTO
11October 23, 2014
18:00		LA-2, XSLC3C/EChang'e 5-T1LTO
12March 30, 2015
13:52		LA-2, XSLC3C/YZ-1BDS I1-SGSO
13February 1, 2016
07:29		LA-2, XSLC3C/YZ-1BDS M3-SMEO
14June 12, 2016
15:30		LA-3, XSLC3C/ECompass-G7GTO
15November 22, 2016
15:24		LA-2, XSLC3C/ETianlian I-04GTO
16December 24, 2018
16:53		LA-3, XSLC3C/ETJSW-3GTO
17May 17, 2019
15:48		LA-2, XSLC3C/ECompass-G8GTO