These days, the upgraded Long March 3B/E is the workhorse of China's Long March rocket family, with an extended first stage and boosters raising its payload capability to 12,100 pounds (5,500 kg).

While SpaceX's rocket is powered by 33 Raptor engines with 280 tons of thrust, the Long March 9 will have 30 YF-215 engines with 200 tons of thrust. Both engines use methane and liquid oxygen as fuel.

The Long March 8A is an expendable rocket which can send a payload of up to 7.7 tons (7,000 kilograms) to a 435 miles (700 kilometers) sun-synchronous orbit (SSO).

China has been responsible for several space debris incidents beyond the latest problems with the Long March 6A rocket. In 2007, China destroyed one of its own spacecraft in an anti-satellite ...

The Long March 5B can deliver up to 25 tons to LEO, but mass producing the 53.7-meter-long, five-meter-diameter rocket is challenging. The Long March 8 will provide another avenue.

Long March 9 First Stage Rocket is Fully Reusable Too. It was revealed that this two-stage Long March 9 will also have one fully reusable rocket configuration for its first stage, powered by 30 YF ...

China's Long March 12, capable of sending bigger satellites with more functionalities into the Earth's orbit, is expected to make its debut flight in 2024, in a year of record launch missions for ...

UPDATE: The Long March 5B (CZ-5B) rocket was spotted breaking up off the coast of Malaysia, and its re-entry on Saturday was confirmed by the US Space Force. A big Chinese rocket booster is ...

The Long March-5B rocket carrying a lab module for China's space station is expected to plunge to Earth, perhaps as soon as Friday, five days after its Oct. 31 launch.

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.

The rocket’s main core stage, which is the part that is hurtling back toward Earth as you read this, is 100 feet long and weighs a massive 22 tons (about 44,000 pounds). Why is it falling to Earth?

While SpaceX's rocket is powered by 33 Raptor engines with 280 tons of thrust, the Long March 9 will have 30 YF-215 engines with 200 tons of thrust. Both engines use methane and liquid oxygen as fuel.