Long March 3A

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**Long March 3A**
Size
Drawing of Long March 3A
Function	Carrier rocket
Manufacturer	CALT
Country of origin	China
Height	52.52 metres (172.3 ft)^[1]
Diameter	3.35 metres (11.0 ft)^[1]
Mass	241,000 kilograms (531,000 lb)^[1]
Stages	3
Capacity
Payload to LEO	8,500 kilograms (18,700 lb)^[2]^[3]
Payload to GTO	2,600 kilograms (5,700 lb)^[4]^[2]
Payload to HCO	1,600 kilograms (3,500 lb)^[2]^[3]
Associated rockets
Family	Long March
Derivatives	Long March 3B Long March 3C
Launch history
Status	Active
Launch sites	LA-2 & LA-3, XSLC
Total launches	25^[4]
Successes	25^[4]
First flight	8 February 1994^[4]
First Stage
Length	23.272 m
Diameter	3.35 m
Propellant mass	171,800 kg (378,800 lb)
Engines	4 YF-21C
Thrust	2,961.6 kN (665,800 lb_f)
Specific impulse	2,556.5 m/s (260.69 s)
Burn time	148 s
Fuel	N2O4/UDMH
Second Stage
Length	11.276 m
Diameter	3.35 m
Propellant mass	32,600 kg (71,900 lb)
Engines	1 YF-24E (1 x YF-22E (Main)) (4 x YF-23C (Vernier))
Thrust	742 kN (167,000 lb_f) (Main) 47.1 kN (10,600 lb_f) (Vernier)
Specific impulse	2,922.57 m/s (298.019 s) (Main) 2,910.5 m/s (296.79 s) (Vernier)
Burn time	115 s
Fuel	N2O4/UDMH
Third Stage
Length	12.375 m
Diameter	3.0 m
Propellant mass	18,200 kg (40,100 lb)
Engines	1 YF-75
Thrust	167.17 kN (37,580 lb_f)
Specific impulse	4,295 m/s (438.0 s)
Burn time	475 s
Fuel	LH2/LOX

The Long March 3A (Chinese: 长征三号甲火箭), also known as the Chang Zheng 3A, CZ-3A and LM-3A, is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. It is a 3-stage rocket, and is usually used to place communications satellites and Beidou navigation satellites into geosynchronous transfer orbits.

It has formed the basis of the Long March 3B, which is a heavier version with four liquid booster rockets.

Launches

Long March 3A rockets have been launched from Launch Areas 2 and 3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.

List of launches

Main article: List of Long March launches

Flight number	Date (UTC)	Launch site	Payload	Orbit	Result
1	February 8, 1994 08:34	LA-2, XSLC	Shijian 4	HEO	Success
2	November 29, 1994 17:02	LA-2, XSLC	Dong Fang Hong 3	GTO	Success
3	May 11, 1997 16:17	LA-2, XSLC	ChinaSat 6	GTO	Success
4	January 25, 2000 16:45	LA-2, XSLC	ChinaSat 22	GTO	Success
5	October 30, 2000 16:02	LA-2, XSLC	Beidou-1A	GTO	Success
6	December 20, 2000 16:20	LA-2, XSLC	Beidou-1B	GTO	Success
7	May 24, 2003 16:34	LA-2, XSLC	Beidou-1C	GTO	Success
8	November 14, 2003 16:01	LA-2, XSLC	ChinaSat 20	GTO	Success
9	October 19, 2004 01:20	LA-2, XSLC	Fengyun 2C	GTO	Success
10	September 12, 2006 16:02	LA-2, XSLC	ChinaSat 22A	GTO	Success
11	December 8, 2006 00:53	LA-2, XSLC	Fengyun 2D	GTO	Success
12	February 2, 2007 16:28	LA-2, XSLC	Beidou-1D	GTO	Success
13	April 13, 2007 20:11	LA-3, XSLC	Compass-M1	MEO	Success
14	May 31, 2007 16:08	LA-3, XSLC	SinoSat 3	GTO	Success
15	October 24, 2007 10:05	LA-3, XSLC	Chang'e 1	LTO	Success
16	December 23, 2008 00:54	LA-3, XSLC	Fengyun 2E	GTO	Success
17	July 31, 2010 21:30	LA-3, XSLC	Compass-IGSO1	GTO	Success
18	November 24, 2010 16:09	LA-3, XSLC	ChinaSat 20A	GTO	Success
19	December 17, 2010 20:20	LA-3, XSLC	Compass-IGSO2	GTO	Success
20	April 9, 2011 20:47	LA-3, XSLC	Compass-IGSO3	GTO	Success
21	July 26, 2011 21:44	LA-3, XSLC	Compass-IGSO4	GTO	Success
22	December 1, 2011 21:07	LA-3, XSLC	Compass-IGSO5	GTO	Success
23	January 13, 2012 00:56	LA-3, XSLC	Fengyun 2F	GTO	Success
24	December 31, 2014 01:02	LA-2, XSLC	Fengyun 2G	GTO	Success
25	March 29, 2016 20:11	LA-2, XSLC	Compass-IGSO6	GTO	Success

Technical data

LM-3A is a 3-stage launch vehicle developed on the basis of LM-3 and LM-2C. Its third stage is powered by cryogenic propellants: liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. It is dedicated for launching spacecraft into GTO. Its launch capability for GTO mission is 2,600 kg. The fairing static envelope is 3m in diameter.^[4]

References

1 2 3 Mark Wade. "CZ-3A". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
1 2 3 "LM-3A Series Launch Vehicle User's Manual - Issue 2011" (PDF). China Great Wall Industries Corporation. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
1 2 Gunter Krebs. "CZ-3A (Chang Zheng-3A)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
1 2 3 4 5 "LM-3A". China Great Wall Industry Corporation. Retrieved 2010-05-25.

Long March rockets

LM 1 family	Long March 1 1D

LM 2 family	Feng Bao 1 Long March 2A 2C 2D 2E 2E(A) 2F

LM 3 family	Long March 3 3A 3B 3B/E 3B(A) 3C

LM 4 family	Long March 4A 4B 4C

LM 5 family	Long March 5

LM 6 family	Long March 6

LM 7 family	Long March 7

LM 8 family	Long March 8

LM 9 family	Long March 9

LM 11 family	Long March 11

List of Long March launches China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology

Orbital launch systems

Current	Angara 1.2 A5 Antares Ariane 5 Atlas V Delta II IV Dnepr-1 Epsilon Falcon 9 full thrust GSLV GSLV Mk III H-IIA H-IIB Kuaizhou Long March 2C 2D 2F 3A 3B 3C 4B 4C 6 11 Minotaur I IV V C Pegasus Proton-M PSLV Rokot Safir Shavit Strela Soyuz U FG 2 2-1v SPARK Unha Vega VLS-1 Zenit 2M 3SL 3SLB 3F

Planned	Angara A5P A5V Ariane 6 Athena Ic IIc III Ausroc IV Falcon Heavy FT-1 H3 Haas KZ-11 Long March 5 7 8 9 LauncherOne Mayak Naga-1 Naro-2 OREL RPS (420, 550) Simorgh SLS Southern Cross Soyuz-5 Tronador Tsyklon-4 ULV VLM Vulcan

Retired	Ariane 1 2 3 4 ASLV Athena I II Atlas B D E/F G H I II III LV-3B SLV-3 Able Agena Centaur Black Arrow Conestoga Delta A B C D E G J L M N 0100 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 III Diamant Energia Europa Falcon 1 Falcon 9 v1.0 v1.1 Feng Bao 1 H-I H-II Juno I Juno II Kaituozhe-1 Kosmos 1 2I 3 3M Lambda 4S Long March 1 2A 2E 3 4A Mu 4S 3C 3H 3S 3SII V N1 N-I N-II Naro-1 Paektusan Pilot Proton UR-500 K R-7 Luna Molniya M L Polyot Soyuz L M U2 Soyuz/Vostok Sputnik Voskhod Vostok L K 2 2M R-29 Shtil' Volna Saturn I IB V INT-21 Scout SLV Space Shuttle Sparta Start-1 Thor Able Ablestar Agena Burner Delta DSV-2U Thorad-Agena Titan II GLV IIIA IIIB IIIC IIID IIIE 34D 23G CT-3 IV Tsyklon 2 3 Vanguard Zenit-2

Chinese Lunar Exploration Program

China National Space Administration Chinese space program

Missions	Chang'e 1 Chang'e 2 Chang'e 3 Yutu Chang'e 5-T1 Chang'e 4 Chang'e 5 Chang'e 6

Launch vehicles	Long March 3A Long March 3B Long March 3C Long March 5

Launch sites	Xichang Satellite Launch Center Wenchang Satellite Launch Center

People	Zhang Qingwei Ouyang Ziyuan Ma Xingrui Ye Peijian

Future spacecraft in italics.

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