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Space/Science » in reply to Re: TLI on time

The Chinese have been using cyrogenic upper stages for years

dating back at to their CZ-3 booster which first flew in 1984. Over the years, they've evolved and improved the CZ-3 series and have had a pretty successful track record with them.

CZ-3 - 13 launches, 2 failures (both 3rd stage failures)

CZ-3A - 6 launches, 0 failures

CZ-3B 5 launches, 1 failure (1st stage)

The CZ-4 family used a storable liquid 3rd stage, but it was intended for launching LEO satellites.

CZ-5 boosters use Kerosene/LOX for the lower stages and LH/LOX upper stages.

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