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Subject: LM-5 Delayed as LM-3C Goes Operational
Softwar    3/10/2008 8:44:05 AM
Aviation Week & Space Technology 03/10/2008 , page 15 Introduction of China’s new-generation Long March 5 space launcher has slipped about a year to 2014. At one time, it was considered a potential carrier for the second Chinese lunar probe, Chang’e 2, which is now due to be launched “sometime around 2009.” Aviation Week & Space Technology 03/10/2008 , page 15 The unused Long March 3C version of the current generation of Chinese launchers will finally go into service this year, having apparently been shelved after its development was first described about a decade ago. It is composed of a Long March 3A core rocket with two strap-on boosters. Launch capacity has been stated as 3.7 metric tons to geostationary orbit.
 
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