Launch Vehicles
- LM-5D
- Air-Launched SLV Able to place a 50 kilogram plus payload to 500 km SSO
- Kaituozhe-2
- Kaituozhe-1 (开拓者一号), KT-1A (开拓者一号甲), KT-2 (开拓者二号), KT-2A (开拓者一二甲) New class of all-solid orbital launch vehicles
- Kaituozhe-1B (开拓者一号乙) With addition of two solid boosters
- CZ-1D Based on a CZ-1, but with a new N2O4/UDMH second stage
- CZ-2E(A) Intended for launch of Chinese space station modules. Payload capacity up to 14 tons in LEO, 9000 (kN) liftoff thrust developed by 12 rocket engines, with enlarged fairing of 5.20 m in diameter and length of 12.39 m to accommodate large spacecraft
- CZ-2F/G Modified CZ-2F without escape tower specially used for launching uncrewed mission such as Shenzhou cargo and space laboratory module, with payload capacity up to 11.2 tons in LEO
- CZ-3B(A) More powerful Long March rockets using larger-size liquid propellant strap-on motors, with payload capacity up to 13 tons in LEO
- CZ-3C Launch vehicle combining CZ-3B core with two boosters from CZ-2E
- Chang Zheng 5 Second generation ELV with more efficient and nontoxic propellents (25 tonnes in LEO)
- Chang Zheng 6 or SLV Small Launch Vehicle, with short launch preparation period, low cost and high reliability, to meet the launch need of small satellites up to 500 kg to 700 km SSO, first flight for 2010; with Fan Ruixiang (范瑞祥) as Chief designer of the project
- Chang Zheng 7 Used for Phase 4 of Lunar Exploration Program (嫦娥-4 工程), that is permanent base (月面驻留), expected for 2024; Second generation Heavy ELV for lunar and deep space trajectory injection (70 tonnes in LEO), capable of supporting a Soviet L1/L3-like lunar landing mission
- Project 921-3 Space Shuttle — Second generation crewed spacecraft Shenlong Spaceplane
- HTS Maglev Launch Assist Space Shuttle New second generation crewed reusable spacecraft
- Long March 9
- Long March 11
Read more about this topic: Chinese Space Program, List of Projects
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