Long March 6
Introduction The '''Long March 6''' () or '''Chang Zheng 6''' as in pinyin, abbreviated '''LM 6''' for export or '''CZ 6''' within China, is a Chinese liquid-fuelled launch vehicle of the Long March family, which was developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC)  and the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST). 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  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  of thrust from burning kerosene and LOX as rocket fuel and oxidiser. This was the first flight of the new engine design.An enlarged variant, the Long March 6A, which has four strap-on solid boosters, an elongated stage one, a new stage two with the same diameter as the first stage, and a payload capacity of at least 4000 kg to Sun-synchronous orbit, made its maiden flight on 29 March 2022.
Launch statistics
List of launches  Flight number Serial number Date (UTC) Launch site Payload Orbit Result 1 Y1 19 September 201523:01 Taiyuan, LA-16 ZDPS-2A, ZDPS-2BNS-2ZJ-1, ZJ-2Tiantuo 3NUDT-Phone-SatXingchen 1/2/3/4LilacSat 2XY-2DCBBXiwang-2A/2B/2C/2E/2F SSO  2 Y2 21 November 201704:50 Taiyuan, LA-16 Jilin 1-04/05/06 SSO  3 Y4 13 November 201906:35 Taiyuan, LA-16 Ningxia-1 01Ningxia-1 02Ningxia-1 03Ningxia-1 04Ningxia-1 05 LEO  4 Y3 6 November 202003:19 Taiyuan, LA-16 ÑuSat 9-18 (10 satellites) SSO  5 Y5 27 April 202103:20 Taiyuan, LA-16 Qilu-1Qilu-4Foshan-1Zhongan Guotong-1Tianqi-9Origin Space NEO-1Tai King II 01Golden Bauhinia-1 01Golden Bauhinia-1 02 SSO  6 Y6 9 July 202111:59 Taiyuan, LA-16 Zhuzhou-1 01Zhuzhou-1 02Zhuzhou-1 03Zhuzhou-1 04Zhuzhou-1 05 LEO  7 Y7 4 August 202111:01 Taiyuan, LA-16 KL-Beta AKL-Beta B Polar  8 Y8 5 November 202102:19 Taiyuan, LA-16 Guangmu-1 (CASEarth) SSO  9 Y10 10 August 202204:50 Taiyuan, LA-16 Jilin-1 GF-03D09, 35-43Yunyao-1 04–08Tianjin Binghai-1  SSO  10 Y9 26 September 202223:50 Taiyuan, LA-16 Shiyan 16AShiyan 16BShiyan 17 SSO  11 Y12 20 June 202303:18 Taiyuan, LA-16 Shiyan 25 SSO Long March 6 model with launch pad umbilical arm
See also * Comparison of orbital launchers families* Comparison of orbital launch systems
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