Editing Long March (rocket family) (section)

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[[File:Launch of Shenzhou 13.jpg|thumb|160px|alt=Long March 2F is the only human-rated launch vehicle of the Long March family.|[[Long March 2F]] is the only human-rated launch vehicle of the Long March family.]]
After the failures of 1992–1996, the troublesome Long March 2E was withdrawn from the market. Design changes were made to improve the reliability of Long March rockets. From October 1996 to April 2009, the Long March rocket family delivered 75 consecutive successful launches, including several major milestones in space flight:
* On 15 October 2003, the [[Long March 2F]] rocket successfully launched the ''[[Shenzhou 5]]'' spacecraft, carrying China's first astronaut into space. China became the third nation with independent [[human spaceflight]] capability, after the [[Soviet Union]]/Russia and the United States. 
* On 1 June 2007, Long March rockets completed their 100th launch overall. 
* On 24 October 2007, the [[Long March 3A]] successfully launched (10:05 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]) the "[[Chang'e 1]]" [[Moon|lunar]] orbiting [[spacecraft]] from the [[Xichang Satellite Launch Center]].

The Long March rockets have subsequently maintained an excellent reliability record. Since 2010, Long March launches have made up 15–25% of all space launches globally. Growing domestic demand has maintained a healthy manifest. International deals have been secured through a package deal that [[Product bundling|bundles]] the launch with a Chinese satellite, circumventing the United States embargo.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Henry|first1=Caleb|title=Back-to-back commercial satellite wins leave China Great Wall hungry for more|url=http://spacenews.com/back-to-back-commercial-satellite-wins-leave-china-great-wall-hungry-for-more/|publisher=SpaceNews|date=August 22, 2017}}</ref>