Long March 3A, 3B and 3C. A Chinese Long March 3B rocket launches the military space debris mitigation satellite Shijian-21from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on Oct. 24, 2021.

China's Long March 3B rocket launched a land exploration satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: China Central Television (CCTV) | edited by Steve ...

A Long March 3B rocket carrying the Beidou-3GEO3 satellite lifts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang in China's southwestern Sichuan province on June 23, 2020.

WASHINGTON — A Chinese Long March 3B rocket failed April 9 while attempting to launch a commercial communications satellite meant to provide broadcast and broadband services to Indonesia and ...

A Chinese Long March 3B rocket launches the Shiyan-10 02 satellite on Dec. 29, 2022. After another Long March 3B liftoff, on Jan. 23, 2025, one of the vehicle's four strap-on side boosters fell to ...

The Long March 7A is more capable than the Long March 3B, which can launch 5.5 tons to GTO. By launching from the coast, it also does not incur the cost and hazards of the inland 3B launches.

Who: CNSA; What: Long March 3B/E; When: 17:20 UTC; Where: Xichang Satellite Launch Center; Why: The Long March 3B/E will be launched carrying an unknown payload into orbit.

In 2019, a different booster of a Long March 3B rocket smashed into a home. Footage at the time showed the rural building erupting in flames as fumes from leftover propellant rose from the wreckage.

China’s Long March-3B rocket launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in September 2019, carrying two satellites of BeiDou Navigation Satellite System.

Update: The Long March 3B rocket carrying Tianwen-2 successfully launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China’s Sichuan province at 1:31 P.M. EDT on Wednesday, May 28. Six ...