Long March 5B
China2020 to 2025The Long March 5B stands 53.7 m (176 ft) tall and can lift 25,000 kg to low Earth orbit. As of 23 October 2026, the Long March 5B, in all its versions, has 7 launches on record, from 5 May 2020 to 13 August 2025, and 7 of them succeeded (100%).
Latest mission
Communications
Long March 5B/YZ-2
Aug 13, 2025
Orbited the eighth batch of 10 satellites for China's Guowang (SatNet) broadband megaconstellation from Wenchang using a Yuanzheng-2 upper stage; the state-run constellation is planned to eventually number about 13,000 satellites.
Next mission
Drawing unavailable
No upcoming mission scheduled.
Statistics summary
Long March 5B launches
2026 so far
0
vs 2 by this date in 2025
Last 7 days
0
vs 0.0 weekly avg. over 365 days
Payload to orbit
2026 so far
0 t
vs 20 t by this date in 2025
Last 7 days
0 t
vs 0.0 t weekly avg. over 365 days
Past launches
Every Long March 5B launch scheduled for the next seven days, in UTC.
No Long March 5B launch is scheduled in the next seven days.
- Launches
- 7
- Success rate
- 100%
- 0 failures
- First flight
- 2020
- Long March 5B
- Last flight
- 2025
- Long March 5B/YZ-2
- Rocket types
- 2
Launches per year
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| Year | Launches |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 |
Long March 5B versions
| Rocket | Flown | Launches | Success rate | Height | Payload to LEO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long March 5B | 2020 to 2022 | 4 | 100% | 53.7 m | 25,000 kg |
| Long March 5B/YZ-2 | 2024 to 2025 | 3 | 100% | 53.7 m | 25,000 kg |