Long March 3B
CHN Wikipedia 
Built & Operated By
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Government · founded 1999
Family
Long March
variant B
Maiden Flight
14 FEB 1996
About
The Long March 3B is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. Introduced in 1996, it is launched from Launch Area 2 and 3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan. A three-stage rocket with four strap-on liquid rocket boosters, it is currently the most powerful member of the Long March rocket family and the heaviest of the Long March 3 rocket family, and is mainly used to place communications satellites into geosynchronous orbits.
Vehicle Specifications
Height
54.8 m
Diameter
3.35 m
Launch Mass
426 T
Thrust
5,923 kN
Stages
3
Configuration
Expendable
Launch Record
Total Launches
24
Successful
21
Failed
3
Consecutive
3
Performance
To LEO
11,500 kg
To GTO
5,100 kg
Launch Cost
$70.0M