Long March 10

**Long March 10**
	Mock-up of the Long March 10 rocket at the 2022 Zhuhai Airshow
Function	Super heavy-lift launch vehicle
Manufacturer	China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology
Country of origin	People's Republic of China
Size
Height	89–93.2 m (292–306 ft)
Diameter	5.0 m (16.4 ft)
Mass	2,187,000–2,189,000 kg (4,822,000–4,826,000 lb)
Stages	3
Capacity
Payload to Low Earth orbit
Mass	70,000 kg (150,000 lb)
Payload to Trans-lunar injection
Mass	27,000 kg (60,000 lb)
Associated rockets
Family	Long March (rocket family)
Comparable	Space Launch System (Block 1); Falcon Heavy; Energia; New Glenn; Ares I;
Launch history
Status	In development
Boosters
No. boosters	2
Diameter	5 m (16 ft)
Powered by	7 YF-100K
Maximum thrust	Sea level: 8,750 kN (1,970,000 lbf); Vacuum: 9,772 kN (2,197,000 lbf)
Total thrust	Sea level: 17,500 kN (3,900,000 lbf); Vacuum: 19,544 kN (4,394,000 lbf)
Specific impulse	Sea level: 301.6 s (2.958 km/s); Vacuum: 337 s (3.30 km/s)
Propellant	RP-1 / LOX
First stage
Diameter	5 m (16 ft)
Powered by	7 YF-100K
Maximum thrust	Sea level: 8,750 kN (1,970,000 lbf); Vacuum: 9,772 kN (2,197,000 lbf)
Specific impulse	Sea level: 301.6 s (2.958 km/s); Vacuum: 337 s (3.30 km/s)
Propellant	RP-1 / LOX
Second stage
Diameter	5 m (16 ft)
Powered by	2 YF-100M
Maximum thrust	2,920 kN (660,000 lbf)
Specific impulse	352.3 s (3.455 km/s)
Propellant	RP-1 / LOX
Third stage
Diameter	5 m (16 ft)
Powered by	3 YF-75E
Maximum thrust	276.3 kN (62,100 lbf)
Specific impulse	451.1 s (4.424 km/s)
Propellant	LH2 / LOX
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Long March 10^[1] (Chinese: 长征十号), also known as the “Next Generation crewed launch vehicle” (Chinese: 新一代载人运载火箭) or “921 rocket” (Chinese: 921火箭), is a Chinese super-heavy carrier rocket for crewed lunar missions that is currently under development. The nickname "921" refers to the founding date of China's human spaceflight program. Like the Long March 5, it uses 5-meter (16.4 ft) diameter rocket bodies and YF-100K engines, although with 7 engines on each of 3 cores.^[2]^[3] The launch weight is 2187 tonnes, delivering 25 tonnes into trans-lunar injection.^[4] The proposed crewed lunar mission uses two rockets; the crewed spacecraft and lunar landing stack launch separately and rendezvous in lunar orbit.^[5] Development was announced at the 2020 China Space Conference.^[4] As of 2022, the first flight of this triple-cored rocket is targeted for 2027.^[6]

A derivative of the Long March 10 with no boosters and only 2 stages, 7 YF-100K engines on the first stage and a single YF-100M engine on the second stage, is also being planned for future Low Earth orbit crew and cargo transport missions to the Chinese Space Station. This version has a capability to Low Earth Orbit of at least 14 tonnes. The first stage is planned to be recoverable and reusable.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b 汪淼 (2023-02-24). "我国新一代载人运载火箭命名为"长征十号"，将用于登月任务" (in Simplified Chinese). IT之家. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
^ Lund, J. (October 7, 2020). "China's Mysterious Manned Moon Rocket".
^ Jones, Andrew (17 December 2021). "China's new rocket for crewed moon missions to launch around 2026". SpaceNews. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b Jones, Andrew (October 1, 2020). "China is building a new rocket to fly its astronauts on the Moon". SPACE.com.
^ Jones, Andrew (October 30, 2020). "China outlines architecture for future crewed moon landings". SpaceNews.
^ Jones, Andrew (11 November 2022). "China's huge new crew-launching moon rocket could fly for 1st time in 2027". Space.com. Retrieved 18 November 2022.

[LM10-naming-1] 汪淼 (2023-02-24). "我国新一代载人运载火箭命名为"长征十号"，将用于登月任务" (in Simplified Chinese). IT之家. Retrieved 2023-02-25.

[2] Lund, J. (October 7, 2020). "China's Mysterious Manned Moon Rocket".

[sn-20211217-3] Jones, Andrew (17 December 2021). "China's new rocket for crewed moon missions to launch around 2026". SpaceNews. Retrieved 19 December 2021.

[space_jones_921-4] Jones, Andrew (October 1, 2020). "China is building a new rocket to fly its astronauts on the Moon". SPACE.com.

[5] Jones, Andrew (October 30, 2020). "China outlines architecture for future crewed moon landings". SpaceNews.

[6] Jones, Andrew (11 November 2022). "China's huge new crew-launching moon rocket could fly for 1st time in 2027". Space.com. Retrieved 18 November 2022.

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v t e Long March (rocket family)
Rockets	Feng Bao 1 Long March 1 1D Long March 2 2A 2C 2D 2E 2F Long March 3 3A 3B 3B/E 3C Long March 4 4A 4B 4C Long March 5 5B Long March 6 6A 6C Long March 7 7A Long March 8 8A Long March 9 Long March 10 Long March 11 Long March 12
Launch sites	Jiuquan Taiyuan Wenchang Commercial Xichang
Manufacturers	China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology
Designers	Wang Xiji
List of Long March launches

v t e Orbital launch systems
List of orbital launch systems Comparison of orbital launch systems
Current	Angara 1.2 A5 Ariane 6 Atlas V Ceres 1 1S Chollima-1 Electron Falcon 9 Block 5 Falcon Heavy Firefly Alpha Gravity-1 GSLV H-IIA H3 Hyperbola-1 Jielong 1 3 KAIROS^† Kaituozhe 2 Kinetica 1 Kuaizhou 1 1A 11 Long March 2C 2D 2F 3A 3B/E 3C 4B 4C 5 5B 6 6A 7 7A 8 11 11H LVM3 Minotaur I IV V C Nuri OS-M1^† Pegasus XL Proton-M PSLV Qaem 100 Qased RS1^† Shavit 2 Simorgh SLS Block 1 Soyuz-2 2.1a / STA 2.1b / STB 2-1v SSLV Starship Tianlong-2 Unha Vega original C Vulcan Centaur Zhuque 2
In development	Antares 330 Bloostar Cyclone-4M Epsilon S Eris Gravity-2 Hyperbola-2 Irtysh Kuaizhou 21 31 Long March 9 10 12 Miura 5 MLV Neutron New Glenn New Line 1 NGLV Nova OS-M 2 4 Orbex Prime Pallas-1 Red Dwarf SLS Block 1B Block 2 Soyuz-7 Terran R Tianlong-3 VLM Vega E Zero Zhuque 3 Zuljanah
Retired	Antares 110 120 130^† 230 230+ Ariane 1 2 3 4 5 ASLV Athena I II Atlas B D E/F G H I II III LV-3B SLV-3 Able^† Agena Centaur Black Arrow Conestoga^† Delta A B C D E G J L M N 0100 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 II III IV IV Heavy Diamant Dnepr Energia Epsilon Europa I^† II^† Falcon 1 Falcon 9 v1.0 v1.1 v1.2 "Full Thrust" Feng Bao 1 GSLV Mk I H-I H-II H-IIB Juno I Juno II Kaituozhe-1 Kosmos original 1 2/2I 3 3M Lambda 4S LauncherOne Long March 1 1D^† 2A 2E 3 3B 4A Mu 4S 3C 3H 3S 3SII V N1^† N-I N-II Naro-1 Paektusan^† Pilot-2^† R-7 Luna Molniya M L Polyot Soyuz original FG L M U U2 Soyuz/Vostok Sputnik Voskhod Vostok L K 2 2M R-29 Shtil' Volna^† Rocket 3 Safir 1 1A 1B Saturn I IB V Scout X-1 Blue Scout II^† X-2^† X-2M X-3 X-3M X-4 X-2B^† B A B-1 D-1 A-1 E-1 F-1 G-1 Shavit original 1 SLV Space Shuttle SPARK^† Sparta SS-520 Start-1 Terran 1^† Thor Able Ablestar 1 2 Agena A B D Burner 1 2 Delta DSV-2U Thorad-Agena SLV-2G SLV-2H Titan II GLV IIIA IIIB IIIC IIID IIIE 34D 23G CT-3 IV Tsyklon R-36-O original 2 3 Universal Rocket UR-500 Proton Proton-K Rokot Strela Vanguard VLS-1^† Zenit 2 2M 2FG 3SL 3SLB 3F Zhuque 1^†
Classes	Sounding rocket Small-lift launch vehicle Medium-lift launch vehicle Heavy-lift launch vehicle Super heavy-lift launch vehicle
This Template lists historical, current, and future space rockets that at least once attempted (but not necessarily succeeded in) an orbital launch or that are planned to attempt such a launch in the future Symbol ^† indicates past or current rockets that attempted orbital launches but never succeeded (never did or has yet to perform a successful orbital launch)

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