Long March 6
Maiden flight of Long March 6 rocket
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| Function | Small carrier rocket |
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| Manufacturer | SAST |
| Country of origin | China |
| Size | |
| Height | 29 m (95 ft) |
| Diameter | 3.35 m (11.0 ft) |
| Mass | 103,000 kg (227,000 lb) |
| Stages | 3 |
| Capacity | |
| Payload to 700 km (430 mi) SSO | 1,080 kilograms (2,380 lb) |
| Associated rockets | |
| Family |
Long March Long March 6 |
| Comparable | Falcon 1 |
| Launch history | |
| Status | Active |
| Launch sites | LA-16, TSLC |
| Total launches | 1 |
| Successes | 1 |
| First flight | 19 September 2015 |
| First stage | |
| Diameter | 3.35 m (11.0 ft) |
| Propellant mass | 61,000 kg (134,000 lb) to 76,000 kg (168,000 lb) |
| Engines | 1 YF-100 |
| Thrust | 1,188 kN (267,000 lbf) |
| Specific impulse | 300 sec (SL); 335 sec (Vac) |
| Fuel | RP-1/LOX |
| Second stage | |
| Diameter | 2.25 m (7.4 ft) |
| Propellant mass | 15,000 kg (33,000 lb) |
| Engines | 1 YF-115 |
| Thrust | 180 kN (40,000 lbf) |
| Specific impulse | 341.5 sec (Vac) |
| Fuel | RP-1/LOX |
| Third stage | |
| Diameter | 2.25 m (7.4 ft) |
| Engines | 1 |
| Thrust | 6.5 kN (1,500 lbf) |
| Specific impulse | 306.9 sec |
| Fuel | UDMH / N2O4 |
The Long March 6 (Chinese: 长征六号运载火箭) or Chang Zheng 6 as in pinyin, abbreviated LM-6 for export or CZ-6 within China, is a Chinese liquid-fuelled carrier rocket, which was developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation and the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology. The rocket was developed in the 2000s, and made its maiden flight in 2015. As one of the new generation rocket family, the Long March 6 was designed to be a light capacity, "high-speed response" rocket, complementing the heavy lift Long March 5 and the mid-heavy lift Long March 7 rocket families. It is capable of placing at least 1,000 kilograms (2,200 lb) of payload into a sun-synchronous orbit. The first stage of the Long March 6 was derived from the booster rockets being developed for the Long March 5 rocket. It is powered by a YF-100 engine, which generates 1,340 kilonewtons or 300,000 pounds-force of thrust from burning kerosene and LOX as rocket fuel and oxidiser.
A boosted variant, with a payload of 4 tons to sun-synchronous orbit, is under development.
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