It turns out that with 34 launches aimed at orbit out of 39 Chinese ones, the Long March 2/3/4 series - all sharing common engines in the 1st/2nd/booster stages from the DF-5 ICBM - has flown more than the Atlas in any calendar year to orbit (record was 33 in 1966). (1/3)
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It also beat the even busier Thor-Delta family to orbit in every year but 1962 (38, then 33 in 1965). If the sources I checked are correct, the only other rocket family that can beat 34/yr is the R-7 (though in that case every year between 1965-1990, w/ 63 in 1980). (2/3)
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Of course, that was due to the Chinese (almost) basing all their SLVs from a common source in the 1970s until very recently, but that might make a good comparison target for commodity in SLV flights for future rockets in the future. ;) (3/3)https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1079091372374802432 …
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