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Long March 8 (Core Only)

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Long March · IN SERVICE

Long March 8 (Core Only) is an expendable launch vehicle built by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. It stands 48.0 m tall, first flew on 27 February 2022. It has flown 1 times with 1 successes, a success rate of 100.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height48.0 m
Diameter3.4 m
Payload to LEONOT ON FILE
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight27 February 2022
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch costNOT ON FILE
StatusIN SERVICE

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 flights1
Successful1
Failed0
Success rate100.0%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
Variant8

About Long March 8 (Core Only)

Long March 8 (Chinese: 长征八号运载火箭) is an orbital launch vehicle developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology to launch up to 5000 kg to a 700 km altitude Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO). The "Core Only" is based on the Long March 7 with its first stage, along with the existing liquid hydrogen burning 3rd stage of the Long March 3A/3B/3C and 7A as its 2nd stage. This version can lift 3000 kg to a 700 km altitude SSO.

Upcoming flights

Manifest

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There's no Long March 8 (Core Only) flight on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

All upcoming launches

Long March 8 (Core Only) in the archive

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Würfel, gemischt -- 2021 -- 5577
Würfel, gemischt -- 2021 -- 5577Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Long March 8 (Core Only) flown?
1 times, with 1 successes and 0 failures.
What is Long March 8 (Core Only)'s success rate?
100.0%. That's 1 successful flights out of 1 attempts.
When is the next Long March 8 (Core Only) launch?
Long March 8 (Core Only) has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.
How much can Long March 8 (Core Only) lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 doesn't list a payload figure for Long March 8 (Core Only).
Is Long March 8 (Core Only) reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Long March 8 (Core Only) as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.