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Rocket file · LV-92

Long March 1

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Long March · RETIRED

Long March 1 is an expendable launch vehicle built by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. It first flew on 24 April 1970. It has flown 2 times with 2 successes, a success rate of 100.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
HeightNOT ON FILE
DiameterNOT ON FILE
Payload to LEONOT ON FILE
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight24 April 1970
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch costNOT ON FILE
StatusRETIRED

As listed by Launch Library 2. The cost is Launch Library’s figure, not a quoted price. Figures for rockets outside the sixty most-flown were last read on 2026-11-05.

Flight record

Reliability

ON RECORD
Total flights2
Successful2
Failed0
Success rate100.0%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

Long March 1 is retired, and no flight is filed.

All upcoming launches

From NASA's public image library and Wikimedia Commons. Each photo shows the credit its licence asks for and links back to where it came from.

KSC-20110908-PH-DD_payload13
KSC-20110908-PH-DD_payload13NASA / KSC · public domainNASA ↗
KSC-20110908-PH-DD_payload14
KSC-20110908-PH-DD_payload14NASA / KSC · public domainNASA ↗
KSC-20110908-PH-DD_payload15
KSC-20110908-PH-DD_payload15NASA / KSC · public domainNASA ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Long March 1 flown?
2 times, with 2 successes and 0 failures.
What is Long March 1's success rate?
100.0%. That's 2 successful flights out of 2 attempts.
How much can Long March 1 lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 doesn't list a payload figure for Long March 1.
Is Long March 1 reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Long March 1 as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.