Long March 3A


The Long March 3A, also known as the Chang Zheng 3A, CZ-3A and LM-3A, is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket design. 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

Flight numberDate Launch sitePayloadOrbitResult
1February 8, 1994
08:34		LA-2, XSLCShijian 4HEO
2November 29, 1994
17:02		LA-2, XSLCDong Fang Hong 3GTO
3May 11, 1997
16:17		LA-2, XSLCChinaSat 6GTO
4January 25, 2000
16:45		LA-2, XSLCChinaSat 22GTO
5October 30, 2000
16:02		LA-2, XSLCBeidou-1AGTO
6December 20, 2000
16:20		LA-2, XSLCBeidou-1BGTO
7May 24, 2003
16:34		LA-2, XSLCBeidou-1CGTO
8November 14, 2003
16:01		LA-2, XSLCChinaSat 20GTO
9October 19, 2004
01:20		LA-2, XSLCFengyun 2CGTO
10September 12, 2006
16:02		LA-2, XSLCChinaSat 22AGTO
11December 8, 2006
00:53		LA-2, XSLCFengyun 2DGTO
12February 2, 2007
16:28		LA-2, XSLCBeidou-1DGTO
13April 13, 2007
20:11		LA-3, XSLCCompass-M1MEO
14May 31, 2007
16:08		LA-3, XSLCSinoSat 3GTO
15October 24, 2007
10:05		LA-3, XSLCChang'e 1LTO
16December 23, 2008
00:54		LA-3, XSLCFengyun 2EGTO
17July 31, 2010
21:30		LA-3, XSLCCompass-IGSO1GTO
18November 24, 2010
16:09		LA-3, XSLCChinaSat 20AGTO
19December 17, 2010
20:20		LA-3, XSLCCompass-IGSO2GTO
20April 9, 2011
20:47		LA-3, XSLCCompass-IGSO3GTO
21July 26, 2011
21:44		LA-3, XSLCCompass-IGSO4GTO
22December 1, 2011
21:07		LA-3, XSLCCompass-IGSO5GTO
23January 13, 2012
00:56		LA-3, XSLCFengyun 2FGTO
24December 31, 2014
01:02		LA-2, XSLCFengyun 2GGTO
25March 29, 2016
20:11		LA-2, XSLCCompass-IGSO6GTO
26June 5, 2018
13:07		LA-2, XSLCFengyun 2HGTO
27July 9, 2018
20:58		LA-2, XSLCCompass-IGSO7GTO

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.