This is a list of launches made by the Long March rocket family. Launch attempts aborted or scrubbed before liftoff, including ones such as the attempt to launch a Long March 2E with Optus B1 on 22 March 1992, where the engines were ignited but shut down on the pad, are not included. Launches made with the related Feng Bao 1 carrier rocket are not included.
Due to the size of the list, it has been split into several smaller articles:
Rockets from the Long March family have accumulated a total of 515 launches as of 2 April 2024[update]. Of these, 496 were successful, 10 were failures, and 9 were partial failures. The cumulative success rate is 96.3%.
A success is a launch that deploys all payloads into the correct orbit without damage. The launch vehicle may experience an anomaly that does not affect the mission. The payload may experience an anomaly that was not caused by the launch.
A partial failure is a launch that reaches orbit, but at least one payload was not deployed into the correct orbit or suffered damage.[2] After a partial failure, a satellite may operate at reduced functionality or with a reduced lifetime. A common type of partial failure occurs when a satellite is deployed into a lower than intended orbit. The satellite can maneuver with its own propulsion system to reach the correct orbit, but this reduces the fuel available for station-keeping and shortens its operational life.[3]
A failure is a launch that does not deploy it into earth orbit.
The mission was declared successful shortly after the launch, but the latest media reports indicate that one of the satellites did not separate from the rocket's upper stage and is most likely lost.