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 CZ-6A (Tiankun 2, Pujiang 2) |
 CZ-6A (Yaogan 40-01) |
The CZ-6 (Chang Zheng-6), also known as LM-6 (Long March-6), is a small liquid fueled launch vehicle in the CZ-5, -6 and -7 family.
The launch vehicle was developed by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation and the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology.
CZ-6 features a 3.35 m diameter first stage fueled with LOX and Kerosene and powered by one YF-100 engine. Originally the vehicle was to be based on the 2.25 m small strap on of the CZ-5 family, but was changed to the 3.35 m diameter of the bigger booster and the CZ-7 family, although shorter and using only one instead of two engines.
The second stage has the smaller 2.25 m diameter and uses the same fuels with one YF-115 engine.
A restartable third stage reportedly uses the storable combination of Kerosene and Hydrogen peroxide. With four YF-85 engines it provides final orbit trim and can manoeuvre to different orbits to deploy multiple satellites.
CZ-6 can deliver 1500 kg into a low earth orbit or 1080 kg into a 700 km sun synchronous orbit.
Taiyuan is used as a launch site for the maiden launch in 2015, although later the new Wenchang cosmodrome will also be used.
An improved CZ-6A (Chang Zheng-6A) is planned to be introduced during the 13th Five Year Plan (2016-2020). It features 4 strap-on boosters of 1 m diameter, a lengthened stage one, a new stage two with the same diameter as stage one. It is planned to put up to 4000 kg into a sun-synchronous orbit.
| Version | Strap-On | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ-6A | 4 × ? | stretched K-3-0 (?) / 2 × YF-100 | ? | ? |
| Performance (kg) | LEO | LPEO | SSO | GTO | GEO | MolO | IP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ-6A | 4000 | - | - | - | - |
No: Type: Serial Date LS Payload
9 1 CZ-6A Y1 29.03.2022 TY LC-9A Pujiang 2 / Tiankun 2 12 2 CZ-6A Y2 11.11.2022 TY LC-9A Yunhai-3 01 14 3 CZ-6A Y5 10.09.2023 TY LC-9A Yaogan 40-01A / Yaogan 40-01B / Yaogan 40-01C 15 4 CZ-6A Y4 31.10.2023 TY LC-9A Tianhui 5A / Tianhui 5B 16 5 CZ-6A Y. 26.03.2024 TY LC-9A Yunhai-3 02 18 6 CZ-6A Y7 04.07.2024 TY LC-9A Tianhui 5C / Tianhui 5D 19 7 CZ-6A Y21 06.08.2024 TY LC-9A Qianfan Jigui G01-01, ..., G01-18 21 8 CZ-6A Y20 15.10.2024 TY LC-9A Qianfan Jigui G02-01, ..., G02-18 23 9 CZ-6A Y22 05.12.2024 TY LC-9A Qianfan Jigui G03-01, ..., G03-18 24 10 CZ-6A Y6 23.01.2025 TY LC-9A Qianfan Jigui G06-01, ..., G06-18 26 11 CZ-6A Y11 18.04.2025 TY LC-9A Shiyan 27A / Shiyan 27B / Shiyan 27C / Shiyan 27D / Shiyan 27E / Shiyan 27F 27 12 CZ-6A Y. 11.05.2025 TY LC-9A Yaogan 40-02A / Yaogan 40-02B / Yaogan 40-02C 28 13 CZ-6A Y8 05.06.2025 TY LC-9A HWD L04-01, ..., L04-05 29 14 CZ-6A Y14 27.07.2025 TY LC-9A HWD L05-01, ..., L05-05 30 15 CZ-6A Y10 17.08.2025 TY LC-9A HWD L09-01, ..., L09-05 31 16 CZ-6A Y. 06.09.2025 TY LC-9A Yaogan 40-03A / Yaogan 40-03B / Yaogan 40-03C 32 17 CZ-6A Y16 27.09.2025 TY LC-9A HWD L11-01, ..., L11-05 33 18 CZ-6A Y24 17.10.2025 TY LC-9A Qianfan Jigui G18-01, ..., G18-18 34 19 CZ-6A Y15 08.12.2025 TY LC-9A HWD L15-01, ..., L15-05 35 20 CZ-6A Y27 13.01.2026 TY LC-9A Yaogan 50-01 36 21 CZ-6A Y28 15.03.2026 TY LC-9A Yaogan 50-02 37 22 CZ-6A Y17 09.04.2026 TY LC-9A HWD L21-01, ..., L21-05 39 23 CZ-6A Y23 12.05.2026 TY LC-9A Qianfan Jigui G09-01, ..., G09-18 40 24 CZ-6A Y 04.06.2026 TY LC-9A Qianfan Jigui G11-01, ..., G11-18 41 25 CZ-6A Y 04.07.2026 TY LC-9A Qianfan Jigui G13-01, ..., G13-18 42 26 CZ-6A Y 30.07.2026 TY LC-9A TJS 27A / TJS 27B Planned: Launch sites: TY = Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (TSLC), Wuzhai, Shanxi, ChinaWe = Wenchang Space Launch Center (WSLC), Hainan, China
