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CZ-3 (Chang Zheng-3)
 CZ-3 |
 CZ-3A |
 CZ-3B |
 CZ-3B/G2 (Venesat 1) |
 CZ-3C (Chang'e 2) [Xinhua] |
→ complete list of all DF-5 based flights
| Version | Strap-On | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ-3 (LM-3) | - | L-140 / YF21 | L-35 / YF-24 | H-8 / YF-73 | - |
| CZ-3A (LM-3A) | - | L-172 / YF21B | L-30 / YF-24B | H-18 / 2 × YF-75 | - |
| CZ-3B (LM-3B) | 4 × LB-38 / YF-25 | L-172 / YF-21C | L-45 / YF-24E | H-18 / 2 × YF-75 | - |
| CZ-3B/G1 (LM-3B/G1) | 4 × LB-38 / YF-25 | L-172 / YF-21C | L-45 / YF-24E | H-18 / 2 × YF-75 | - |
| CZ-3B/G2 (LM-3B/G2) | 4 × LB-41 / YF-25 | L-186 / YF-21C | L-45 / YF-24E | H-18 / 2 × YF-75 | - |
| CZ-3B/G2(2) (LM-3B/G2(2)) | 4 × LB-41 / YF-25 | L-186 / YF-21C | L-45 / YF-24E | H-18 / 2 × YF-75 | - |
| CZ-3B/G3 (LM-3B/G3) | 4 × LB-41 / YF-25 | L-186 / YF-21C | L-45 / YF-24E | H-18 / 2 × YF-75 | - |
| CZ-3B/G3Z (LM-3B/G3Z) | 4 × LB-41 / YF-25 | L-186 / YF-21C | L-45 / YF-24E | H-18 / 2 × YF-75 | YZ-1 / YF-50D |
| CZ-3B/G5 (LM-3B/G5) | 4 × LB-41 / YF-25 | L-186 / YF-21C | L-45 / YF-24E | H-18 / 2 × YF-75 | - |
| CZ-3B(A) (LM-3B(A)) | 4 × str. LRB's / YF-25 | L-180 / YF-21C | L-35 / YF-24E | H-18 / 2 × YF-75 | - |
| CZ-3C (LM-3C) | 4 × LB-38 / YF-25 | L-172 / YF-21C | L-45 / YF-24E | H-18 / 2 × YF-75 | - |
| CZ-3C/G2 (LM-3C/G2) | 2 × LB-41 / YF-25 | L-186 / YF-21C | L-45 / YF-24E | H-18 / 2 × YF-75 | - |
| CZ-3C/G3Z (LM-3C/G3Z) | 2 × LB-41 / YF-25 | L-186 / YF-21C | L-45 / YF-24E | H-18 / 2 × YF-75 | YZ-1 / YF-50D |
| Performance (kg) | LEO | LPEO | SSO | GTO | GEO | MolO | IP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ-3 (LM-3) | 5000 | 1340 | - | ||||
| CZ-3A (LM-3A) | 6000 | 5000 | 2600 | - | 1420 | ||
| CZ-3B (LM-3B) | 11200 | 5700 | 5100 | - | 3300 | ||
| CZ-3B/G1 (LM-3B/G1) | - | ||||||
| CZ-3B/G2 (LM-3B/G2) | 11500 | 6900 | 5500 | - | 3500 | ||
| CZ-3B/G2(2) (LM-3B/G2(2)) | 5550 | - | |||||
| CZ-3B/G3 (LM-3B/G3) | 5400 | - | |||||
| CZ-3B/G3Z (LM-3B/G3Z) | |||||||
| CZ-3B/G5 (LM-3B/G5) | |||||||
| CZ-3B(A) (LM-3B(A)) | - | ||||||
| CZ-3C (LM-3C) | 9100 | 6500 | 3800 | - | 2300 | ||
| CZ-3C/G2 (LM-3C/G2) | 3900 | - | |||||
| CZ-3C/G3Z (LM-3C/G3Z) | 3700 | - | |||||
| CZ-3C/G3Z (LM-3C/G3Z) |
No: Type: Serial Date LS Payload
1 1 CZ-3 3-Y1 29.01.1984 P Xi LC-3 DFH-2 1 (STTW T1) 2 2 CZ-3 3-Y2 08.04.1984 Xi LC-3 DFH-2 2 (STTW T2) 3 3 CZ-3 3-Y3 01.02.1986 Xi LC-3 DFH-2A 1 (STTW 1) 4 4 CZ-3 3-Y4 07.03.1988 Xi LC-3 DFH-2A 2 (STTW 2, ZX 1) 5 5 CZ-3 3-Y5 22.12.1988 Xi LC-3 DFH-2A 3 (STTW 3, ZX 2) 6 6 CZ-3 3-Y6 04.02.1990 Xi LC-3 DFH-2A 4 (STTW 4, ZX 3) 7 7 CZ-3 3-Y7 07.04.1990 Xi LC-3 AsiaSat 1 8 8 CZ-3 3-Y9 28.12.1991 P Xi LC-3 DFH-2A 5 (STTW 5, ZX 4) 9 1 CZ-3A 3A-Y1 08.02.1994 Xi LC-2 KF 1 / SJ 4 10 9 CZ-3 3-Y8 21.07.1994 Xi LC-3 APStar 1 11 2 CZ-3A 3A-Y2 29.11.1994 Xi LC-2 DFH-3 1 12 1 CZ-3B 3B-Y1 14.02.1996 F Xi LC-2 Intelsat 708 13 10 CZ-3 3-Y10A 03.07.1996 Xi LC-3 APStar 1A 14 11 CZ-3 3-Y14 18.08.1996 P Xi LC-3 ZX 7 15 3 CZ-3A 3A-Y3? 11.05.1997 Xi LC-2 DFH-3 2 (ZX 6) 16 12 CZ-3 3-Y11 10.06.1997 Xi LC-3 FY 2A 17 2 CZ-3B 3B-Y2 19.08.1997 Xi LC-2 Agila 2 18 3 CZ-3B 3B-Y3 18.10.1997 Xi LC-2 APStar 2R 19 4 CZ-3B 3B-Y5 30.05.1998 Xi LC-2 Zhongwei 1 20 5 CZ-3B 3B-Y4 18.07.1998 Xi LC-2 Sinosat 1 (Xinnuo 1) 21 4 CZ-3A 3A-Y4 25.01.2000 Xi LC-2 FH 1A (ZX 22) 22 13 CZ-3 3-Y12 25.06.2000 Xi LC-3 FY 2B 23 5 CZ-3A 3A-Y5? 30.10.2000 Xi LC-2 BD 1A 24 6 CZ-3A 3A-Y6? 20.12.2000 Xi LC-2 BD 1B 25 7 CZ-3A 3A-Y7 24.05.2003 Xi LC-2 BD 1C 26 8 CZ-3A 3A-Y8 14.11.2003 Xi LC-2 ST 1 (ZX 20) 27 9 CZ-3A 3A-Y9 19.10.2004 Xi LC-2 FY 2C 28 6 CZ-3B 3B-Y6 12.04.2005 Xi LC-2 APStar 6 29 10 CZ-3A 3A-Y10 12.09.2006 Xi LC-2 FH 1B (ZX 22A) 30 7 CZ-3B 3B-Y7 28.10.2006 Xi LC-2 Sinosat 2 (Xinnuo 2) 31 11 CZ-3A 3A-Y11 08.12.2006 Xi LC-2 FY 2D 32 12 CZ-3A 3A-Y12 02.02.2007 Xi LC-2 BD 1D 33 13 CZ-3A 3A-Y13 13.04.2007 Xi LC-3 BD-2 M1 34 1 CZ-3B/G2 3B-Y9 13.05.2007 Xi LC-2 NIGCOMSAT 1 35 14 CZ-3A 3A-Y15 31.05.2007 Xi LC-3 Sinosat 3 (Xinnuo 3) 36 8 CZ-3B 3B-Y10 05.07.2007 Xi LC-2 ZX 6B 37 15 CZ-3A 3A-Y14 24.10.2007 Xi LC-3 Chang'e 1 38 1 CZ-3C 3C-Y1 25.04.2008 Xi LC-2 Tianlian-1 01 39 9 CZ-3B 3B-Y11 09.06.2008 Xi LC-2 ZX 9 40 2 CZ-3B/G2 3B-Y12 29.10.2008 Xi LC-2 VENESAT 1 (Simon Bolivar 1) 41 16 CZ-3A 3A-Y20 23.12.2008 Xi LC-3 FY 2E 42 2 CZ-3C 3C-Y3 14.04.2009 Xi LC-2 BD-2 G2 43 10 CZ-3B 3B-Y8 31.08.2009 P Xi LC-2 Palapa D 44 3 CZ-3C 3C-Y2 16.01.2010 Xi LC-2 BD-2 G1 45 4 CZ-3C 3C-Y4 02.06.2010 Xi LC-2 BD-2 G3 46 17 CZ-3A 3A-Y16 31.07.2010 Xi LC-3 BD-2 I1 47 3 CZ-3B/G2 3B-Y13 04.09.2010 Xi LC-2 ZX 6A 48 5 CZ-3C 3C-Y6 01.10.2010 Xi LC-2 Chang'e 2 49 6 CZ-3C 3C-Y5 31.10.2010 Xi LC-2 BD-2 G4 50 18 CZ-3A 3A-Y21 24.11.2010 Xi LC-3 ST 1B (ZX 20A) 51 19 CZ-3A 3A-Y18 17.12.2010 Xi LC-3 BD-2 I2 52 20 CZ-3A 3A-Y19 09.04.2011 Xi LC-3 BD-2 I3 53 4 CZ-3B/G2 3B-Y20 20.06.2011 Xi LC-2 ZX 10 54 7 CZ-3C 3C-Y8 11.07.2011 Xi LC-2 Tianlian-1 02 55 21 CZ-3A 3A-Y17 26.07.2011 Xi LC-3 BD-2 I4 56 5 CZ-3B/G2 3B-Y19 11.08.2011 Xi LC-2 Paksat 1R 57 1 CZ-3B/G3 3B-Y16 18.09.2011 Xi LC-2 FH 2A (ZX 1A) 58 6 CZ-3B/G2 3B-Y18 07.10.2011 Xi LC-2 Eutelsat W3C 59 22 CZ-3A 3A-Y23 01.12.2011 Xi LC-3 BD-2 I5 60 7 CZ-3B/G2 3B-Y21 19.12.2011 Xi LC-2 NIGCOMSAT 1R 61 23 CZ-3A 3A-Y22 13.01.2012 Xi LC-3 FY 2F 62 8 CZ-3C 3C-Y5 24.02.2012 Xi LC-2 BD-2 G5 63 8 CZ-3B/G2 3B-Y22 31.03.2012 Xi LC-2 APStar 7 64 1 CZ-3B/G1 3B-Y14 29.04.2012 Xi LC-2 BD-2 M3 / BD-2 M4 65 2 CZ-3B/G3 3B-Y17 26.05.2012 Xi LC-2 ST 2A (ZX 2A) 66 9 CZ-3C 3C-Y9 25.07.2012 Xi LC-2 Tianlian-1 03 67 2 CZ-3B/G1 3B-Y15 18.09.2012 Xi LC-2 BD-2 M2 / BD-2 M5 68 10 CZ-3C 3C-Y10 25.10.2012 Xi LC-2 BD-2 G6 69 9 CZ-3B/G2 3B-Y24 27.11.2012 Xi LC-2 ZX 12/APStar 7B 70 10 CZ-3B/G2 3B-Y25 01.05.2013 Xi LC-2 ZX 11 71 11 CZ-3B/G2 3B-Y23 01.12.2013 Xi LC-2 Chang'e 3 72 12 CZ-3B/G2 3B-Y27 20.12.2013 Xi LC-2 Túpac Katari 1 73 1 CZ-3C/G2 3C-Y12 23.10.2014 Xi LC-2 Chang'e 5-T1 / 4M 74 24 CZ-3A 3A-Y24 31.12.2014 Xi LC-2 FY 2G 75 1 CZ-3C/G3Z 3C-Y11 30.03.2015 Xi LC-2 BD-3 I1-S 76 1 CZ-3B/G3Z 3B-Y26 25.07.2015 Xi LC-2 BD-3 M1-S / BD-3 M2-S 77 13 CZ-3B/G2 3B-Y32 12.09.2015 Xi LC-2 TJS 1 78 14 CZ-3B/G2 3B-Y33 29.09.2015 Xi LC-3 BD-3 I2-S 79 15 CZ-3B/G2 3B-Y36 16.10.2015 Xi LC-2 APStar 9/MySat 1 80 3 CZ-3B/G3 3B-Y34 03.11.2015 Xi LC-3 ST 2C (ZX 2C) 81 16 CZ-3B/G2 3B-Y38 20.11.2015 Xi LC-2 LaoSat 1 82 4 CZ-3B/G3 3B-Y31 09.12.2015 Xi LC-3 FH 2C (ZX 1C) 83 17 CZ-3B/G2 3B-Y37 28.12.2015 Xi LC-2 Gaofen 4 84 18 CZ-3B/G2 3B-Y29 15.01.2016 Xi LC-3 Belintersat 1 85 2 CZ-3C/G3Z 3C-Y14 01.02.2016 Xi LC-2 BD-3 M3-S 86 25 CZ-3A 3A-Y26 29.03.2016 Xi LC-2 BD-2 I6 87 2 CZ-3C/G2 3C-Y15 12.06.2016 Xi LC-3 BD-2 G7 88 5 CZ-3B/G3 3B-Y35 05.08.2016 Xi LC-3 Tiantong-1 01 89 3 CZ-3C/G2 3C-Y13 22.11.2016 Xi LC-2 Tianlian-1 04 90 6 CZ-3B/G3 3B-Y42 10.12.2016 Xi LC-3 FY 4A 91 19 CZ-3B/G2 3B-Y39 05.01.2017 Xi LC-2 TJS 2 92 20 CZ-3B/G2 3B-Y43 12.04.2017 Xi LC-2 SJ 13 (ZX 16) 93 21 CZ-3B/G2 3B-Y28 18.06.2017 P Xi LC-2 ZX 9A 94 2 CZ-3B/G3Z 3B-Y46 05.11.2017 Xi LC-3 BD-3 M1 / BD-3 M2 95 22 CZ-3B/G2 3B-Y40 10.12.2017 Xi LC-2 Alcomsat 1 96 3 CZ-3B/G3Z 3B-Y45 11.01.2018 Xi LC-2 BD-3 M7 / BD-3 M8 97 4 CZ-3B/G3Z 3B-Y47 12.02.2018 Xi LC-2 BD-3 M3 / BD-3 M4 98 5 CZ-3B/G3Z 3B-Y48 29.03.2018 Xi LC-2 BD-3 M9 / BD-3 M10 99 23 CZ-3B/G2 3B-Y55 03.05.2018 Xi LC-2 APStar 6C 100 26 CZ-3A 3A-Y25 05.06.2018 Xi LC-2 FY 2H 101 27 CZ-3A 3A-Y27 09.07.2018 Xi LC-2 BD-2 I7 102 6 CZ-3B/G3Z 3B-Y49 29.07.2018 Xi LC-3 BD-3 M5 / BD-3 M6 103 7 CZ-3B/G3Z 3B-Y50 24.08.2018 Xi LC-3 BD-3 M11 / BD-3 M12 104 8 CZ-3B/G3Z 3B-Y51 19.09.2018 Xi LC-2 BD-3 M13 / BD-3 M14 105 9 CZ-3B/G3Z 3B-Y52 15.10.2018 Xi LC-3 BD-3 M15 / BD-3 M16 106 7 CZ-3B/G3 3B-Y41 01.11.2018 Xi LC-2 BD-3 G1Q 107 10 CZ-3B/G3Z 3B-Y53 18.11.2018 Xi LC-3 BD-3 M17 / BD-3 M18 108 24 CZ-3B/G2 3B-Y44 07.12.2018 Xi LC-2 Chang'e 4 109 4 CZ-3C/G2 3C-Y17 24.12.2018 Xi LC-3 TJS 3 / TJS 3 Subsatellite 110 8 CZ-3B/G3 3B-Y56 10.01.2019 Xi LC-2 ST 2D (ZX 2D) 111 9 CZ-3B/G3 3B-Y54 09.03.2019 Xi LC-3 ZX 6C 112 10 CZ-3B/G3 3B-Y44 31.03.2019 Xi LC-2 Tianlian-2 01 113 11 CZ-3B/G3 3B-Y59 20.04.2019 Xi LC-3 BD-3 I1 114 5 CZ-3C/G2 3C-Y16 17.05.2019 Xi LC-2 BD-2 G8 115 12 CZ-3B/G3 3B-Y60 24.06.2019 Xi LC-3 BD-3 I2 116 25 CZ-3B/G2 3B-Y58 19.08.2019 Xi LC-2 ZX 18 117 11 CZ-3B/G3Z 3B-Y65 22.09.2019 Xi LC-2 BD-3 M23 / BD-3 M24 118 13 CZ-3B/G3 3B-Y57 17.10.2019 Xi LC-3 TJS 4 119 14 CZ-3B/G3 3B-Y61 04.11.2019 Xi LC-2 BD-3 I3 120 12 CZ-3B/G3Z 3B-Y66 23.11.2019 Xi LC-3 BD-3 M21 / BD-3 M22 121 13 CZ-3B/G3Z 3B-Y67 16.12.2019 Xi LC-3 BD-3 M19 / BD-3 M20 122 15 CZ-3B/G3 3B-Y62 07.01.2020 Xi LC-2 TJS 5 123 16 CZ-3B/G3 3B-Y69 09.03.2020 Xi LC-2 BD-3 G2 124 1 CZ-3B/G2(2) . 3B-Y71 09.04.2020 F Xi LC-2 Palapa N1 125 17 CZ-3B/G3 3B-Y68 23.06.2020 Xi LC-2 BD-3 G3 126 2 CZ-3B/G2(2) . 3B-Y64 09.07.2020 Xi LC-3 APStar 6D 127 18 CZ-3B/G3 3B-Y63 11.10.2020 Xi LC-2 Gaofen 13 128 19 CZ-3B/G3 3B-Y73 12.11.2020 Xi LC-2 Tiantong-1 02 129 1 CZ-3B/G5 3B-Y70 06.12.2020 Xi LC-3 Gaofen 14 130 20 CZ-3B/G3 3B-Y74 19.01.2021 Xi LC-2 Tiantong-1 03 131 3 CZ-3B/G2(2) . 3B-Y77 04.02.2021 Xi LC-3 TJS 6 132 21 CZ-3B/G3 3B-Y72 02.06.2021 Xi LC-2 FY 4B 133 6 CZ-3C/G2 3C-Y18 06.07.2021 Xi LC-2 Tianlian-1 05 134 22 CZ-3B/G3 3B-Y76 05.08.2021 Xi LC-2 ST 2E (ZX 2E) 135 4 CZ-3B/G2(2) . 3B-Y78 24.08.2021 Xi LC-3 TJS 7 136 5 CZ-3B/G2(2) . 3B-Y86 09.09.2021 Xi LC-2 ZX 9B 137 6 CZ-3B/G2(2) . 3B-Y81 27.09.2021 Xi LC-3 SY 10-01 138 7 CZ-3B/G2(2) . 3B-Y83 24.10.2021 Xi LC-2 SJ 21 / SJ 21 Subsatellite 139 23 CZ-3B/G3 3B-Y79 26.11.2021 Xi LC-2 FH 2D (ZX 1D) 140 24 CZ-3B/G3 3B-Y82 13.12.2021 Xi LC-2 Tianlian-2 02 141 25 CZ-3B/G3 3B-Y84 29.12.2021 Xi LC-2 TJS 9 142 26 CZ-3B/G3 3B-Y89 15.04.2022 Xi LC-2 ZX 6D 143 27 CZ-3B/G3 . 3B-Y85 12.07.2022 Xi LC-2 Tianlian-2 03 144 8 CZ-3B/G2(2) . 3B-Y91 05.11.2022 Xi LC-2 ZX 19 145 9 CZ-3B/G2(2) . 3B-Y88 29.12.2022 Xi LC-2 SY 10-02 146 10 CZ-3B/G2(2) . 3B-Y93 23.02.2023 Xi LC-2 ZX 26 147 28 CZ-3B/G3 3B-Y90 17.03.2023 Xi Gaofen 13-02 148 29 CZ-3B/G3 3B-Y87? 17.05.2023 Xi LC-3 BD-3 G4 Planned: CZ-3B/G3 3B- xx.xx.202x Xi BD-3 G5 CZ-3B/G3Z 3B- xx.xx.2023 Xi BD-3 M25 / BD-3 M26 CZ-3B/G3 3B- xx.xx.2023 Xi Tianhui 3 CZ-3B/G3 3B- xx.xx.2023 Xi Tiantong-1 04 Flight 1: Stage 3 failed to ignite, LEO Flight 8: Stage 3 failed to ignite, LEO Flight 12: Vehicle veered off course and exploded on impact Flight 14: Stage 3 shut down 48 sec too early Launch sites: Xi = Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, ChinaF Failure P Partial Failure
