Long March 2D
China1992 to 2026The Long March 2D stands 38.3 m (126 ft) tall and can lift 3,500 kg to low Earth orbit. As of 23 October 2026, the Long March 2D, in all its versions, has 105 launches on record, from 9 August 1992 to 19 September 2026, and 104 of them succeeded (99%).
Latest mission
Earth Science
Long March 2D
Sep 19, 2026
A Long March 2D from Taiyuan placed GalaxySpace's four PIESAT-2 13-16 SAR satellites into sun-synchronous orbit on the 668th Long March flight. The radar spacecraft carry onboard processors for real-time remote-sensing analysis and join more than 50 GalaxySpace satellites already on orbit.
Next mission
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Statistics summary
Long March 2D launches
2026 so far
5
vs 7 by this date in 2025
Last 7 days
0
vs 0.1 weekly avg. over 365 days
Payload to orbit
2026 so far
9 t
vs 9 t by this date in 2025
Last 7 days
0 t
vs 0.2 t weekly avg. over 365 days
Past launches
Every Long March 2D launch scheduled for the next seven days, in UTC.
No Long March 2D launch is scheduled in the next seven days.
- Launches
- 105
- Success rate
- 99%
- 0 failures · 1 partial
- First flight
- 1992
- Long March 2D
- Last flight
- 2026
- Long March 2D
- Rocket types
- 2
Launches per year
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| Year | Launches |
|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 |
| 1994 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 |
| 2010 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 |
| 2012 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | 4 |
| 2016 | 6 |
| 2017 | 3 |
| 2018 | 8 |
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2020 | 7 |
| 2021 | 6 |
| 2022 | 14 |
| 2023 | 13 |
| 2024 | 9 |
| 2025 | 7 |
| 2026 | 5 |
Long March 2D versions
| Rocket | Flown | Launches | Success rate | Height | Payload to LEO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long March 2D | 1992 to 2026 | 101 | 99% | 38.3 m | 3,500 kg |
| Long March 2D/YZ-3 | 2018 to 2024 | 4 | 100% | 38.3 m | 3,400 kg |