Launch Vehicle Payloads: CASC
Launch vehicle payload capabilities, fairing envelope dimensions, and spacecraft mechanical/acoustic environment specifications. Covers active and recent vehicles: Falcon 9 (expendable/reusable RTLS/drone), Falcon Heavy (expendable/partial/full recovery), Atlas V (401/551), Vulcan Centaur (VC2S/VC6S), Delta IV Heavy, Ariane 6 (A62/A64), Vega-C, Soyuz-2 (ST-A/ST-B), PSLV-XL, H3 (30S/22L), Long March 5, Long March 3B, Electron (standard/expanded fairing), LauncherOne, New Glenn, and Starship. Per SpaceX Falcon Users Guide 2021, ULA Atlas V Mission Planner's Guide Rev 11a, Arianespace User Manuals, NASA GEVS-STD-7000B.
| launch provider | vehicle config | acoustic oaspl db (dB) | fairing inner diameter m (m) | fairing usable length m (m) | fairing volume m3 (m3) | max axial accel g (g) | max lateral accel g (g) | min axial freq hz (Hz) | min lateral freq hz (Hz) | notes | payload gto kg (kg) | payload leo kg (kg) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CASC | LongMarch3B_CZ3B | 140 | 3.8 | 9.5 | 90 | 4.5 | 2 | 30 | 15 | Chang Zheng 3B enhanced; 3.35 m core + 4 boosters; primary CASC GTO vehicle; 4.2 m OD / 3.8 m ID fairing | 5,500 | 11,200 |
| CASC | LongMarch5_CZ5 | 140 | 5 | 12.5 | 178 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 10 | Chang Zheng 5 (CZ-5); 5 m core + 4 boosters; 200 km 28.5 deg LEO; GTO at 1500 m/s; 5.2 m OD / 5.0 m ID fairing | 14,000 | 25,000 |
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