Strategy Page, Oct 1, 2015.
strategypage.com/htmw/htspace/articles/20151001.aspx
My comment: "The Long March has a failure rate of about five percent"
I did not know Long March had ever failed. But see list of Long March launches
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Long_March_launches
, whose last failure was (Dec 9, 2013; rocket: Long March 4B; launch site: Taiyuan; cause: Third stage engine shut down early due to duct blockage).
Prior to that, it was (Aug 18, 2011; Long March 2C; Jiuquan; Second stage vernier engine support structure failed in flight, led to loss of attitude control).
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