Long March 4C
![]() Long March 4C | |
Has use | Launch vehicle |
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Manufacturer | SAST |
Country of origin | China |
Size | |
Height | 45.8 m (150 ft) [1] |
Diameter | 3.35 m (11.0 ft) |
Mass | 250,000 kg (550,000 lb) |
Stages | 3 |
Capacity | |
Payload to LEO | |
Mass | 4,200 kg (9,300 lb) [2] |
Payload to SSO | |
Mass | 2,800 kg (6,200 lb) [2] |
Payload to GTO | |
Mass | 1,500 kg (3,300 lb) [2] |
Associated rockets | |
Family | Long March |
Launch history | |
Status | Active |
Launch sites | TSLC, , JSLC, LA-4/SLS-2 XSLC, |
Total launches | 39 |
Success(es) | 37 |
Failure(s) | 2 |
First flight | 26 April 2006 |
Last flight | 25 January 2022 |
First stage | |
Height | 27.91 m |
Diameter | 3.35 m |
Propellant mass | 182,000 kg (401,000 lb) |
Powered by | 4 YF-21C |
Maximum thrust | 2,961.6 kN (665,800 lbf) |
Specific impulse | 2,550 m/s (8,400 ft/s) |
Propellant | N2O4 / UDMH |
Second stage | |
Height | 10.9 m |
Diameter | 3.35 m |
Propellant mass | 52,700 kg (116,200 lb) |
Powered by | 1 YF-24C (1 x YF-22C (Main)) (4 x YF-23C (Vernier)) |
Maximum thrust | 742.04 kN (166,820 lbf) (Main) 47.1 kN (10,600 lbf) (Vernier) |
Specific impulse | 2,942 m/s (9,650 ft/s) (Main) 2,834 m/s (9,300 ft/s) (Vernier) |
Propellant | N2O4 / UDMH |
Third stage | |
Height | 14.79 m |
Diameter | 2.9 m |
Propellant mass | 14,000 kg (31,000 lb) |
Powered by | 2 YF-40A |
Maximum thrust | 100.85 kN (22,670 lbf) |
Specific impulse | 2,971 m/s (9,750 ft/s) |
Propellant | N2O4 / UDMH |
The Long March 4C, also known as the Chang Zheng 4C, CZ-4C and LM-4C, previously designated Long March 4B-II, is a Chinese orbital launch vehicle. It is launched from the Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang Satellite Launch Centers, and consists of 3 stages. Long March 4C vehicles have been used to launch the Yaogan-1, Yaogan-3 synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellites and the Fengyun-3A polar orbiting meteorological satellite. On 15 December 2009, a Long March 4C was used to launch Yaogan-8.[3]
Because it was still designated as Long March 4B-II at the time of its maiden flight, the first launch is often mistaken for a Long March 4B. The Long March 4C is derived from the Long March 4B, but features a restartable upper stage, and a larger payload fairing.
On 1 September 2016, the Long March 4C failed for reasons not yet known. A Long March 4C rocket blasted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi but failed to insert its payload, the Gaofen 10 satellite, into its designated orbit.[4][5]
List of launches[]
Flight number | Serial number | Date (UTC) | Launch site | Payload | Orbit | Result |
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1 | Y1 | 26 April 2006 22:48 |
TSLC, | Yaogan 1 | SSO | Success |
2 | Y3 | 11 November 2007 22:48 |
TSLC, | Yaogan 3 | SSO | Success |
3 | Y2 | 27 May 2008 03:02 |
TSLC, | Fengyun 3A | SSO | Success |
4 | Y4 | 15 December 2009 02:31 |
TSLC, | Yaogan 8 |
SSO | Success |
5 | Y5 | 5 March 2010 04:55 |
JSLC, SLS-2 | Yaogan 9A Yaogan 9B Yaogan 9C |
LEO | Success |
6 | Y6 | 9 August 2010 22:49 |
TSLC, | Yaogan 10 | SSO | Success |
7 | Y7 | 4 November 2010 18:37 |
TSLC, | Fengyun 3B | SSO | Success |
8 | Y10 | 29 May 2012 07:31 |
TSLC, | Yaogan 15 | SSO | Success |
9 | Y9 | 25 November 2012 04:06 |
JSLC, SLS-2 | Yaogan 16A Yaogan 16B Yaogan 16C |
LEO | Success |
10 | Y11 | 19 July 2013 23:37 |
TSLC, | SSO | Success | |
11 | Y13 | 1 September 2013 19:16 |
JSLC, SLS-2 | Yaogan 17A Yaogan 17B Yaogan 17C |
LEO | Success |
12 | Y12 | 23 September 2013 03:07 |
TSLC, | Fengyun 3C | SSO | Success |
13 | Y14 | 20 November 2013 03:31 |
TSLC, | Yaogan 19 | SSO | Success |
14 | Y15 | 9 August 2014 05:45 |
JSLC, SLS-2 | Yaogan 20A Yaogan 20B Yaogan 20C |
LEO | Success |
15 | Y16 | 20 October 2014 06:31 |
TSLC, | Yaogan 22 | SSO | Success |
16 | Y17 | 10 December 2014 19:33 |
JSLC, SLS-2 | Yaogan 25A Yaogan 25B Yaogan 25C |
LEO | Success |
17 | Y18 | 27 August 2015 02:31 |
TSLC, | Yaogan 27 | SSO | Success |
18 | Y8 | 26 November 2015 21:24 |
TSLC, | Yaogan 29 | SSO | Success |
19 | Y19 | 9 August 2016 22:55 |
TSLC, | Gaofen 3 | SSO | Success |
20 | Y22 | 31 August 2016 18:50 |
TSLC, | Gaofen 10 | SSO | Failure [4] |
21 | Y21 | 14 November 2017 18:35 |
TSLC, | Fengyun 3D HEAD-1 |
SSO | Success |
22 | Y26 | 31 March 2018 03:22 |
TSLC, | Gaofen-1 02 Gaofen-1 03 Gaofen-1 04 |
SSO | Success |
23 | Y25 | 10 April 2018 04:25 |
JSLC, SLS-2 | Yaogan 31-01A Yaogan 31-01B Yaogan 31-01C |
LEO | Success |
24 | Y20 | 8 May 2018 18:28 |
TSLC, | Gaofen 5 | SSO | Success |
25 | Y27 | 20 May 2018 21:28 |
XSLC, | Queqiao Longjiang-1 Longjiang-2 |
Earth–Moon L2 | Success |
26 | Y23 | 22 May 2019 22:49 |
TSLC, | Yaogan 33 | SSO | Failure [6] |
27 | Y33 | 4 October 2019 18:51 |
TSLC, | Gaofen 10-2 | SSO | Success |
28 | Y24 | 27 November 2019 23:52 |
TSLC, | Gaofen 12-01 | SSO | Success |
29 | Y35 | 27 December 2020 15:44 |
JSLC, SLS-2 | Yaogan 33-2 | SSO | Success |
30 | Y31 | 29 January 2021 04:47 |
JSLC, SLS-2 | Yaogan 31-02A Yaogan 31-02B Yaogan 31-02C |
LEO | Success |
31 | Y32 | 24 February 2021 02:22 |
JSLC, SLS-2 | Yaogan 31-03A Yaogan 31-03B Yaogan 31-03C |
LEO | Success |
32 | Y42 | 13 March 2021 02:19 |
JSLC, SLS-2 | Yaogan 31-04A Yaogan 31-04B Yaogan 31-04C |
LEO | Success |
33 | Y36 | 30 March 2021 22:45 |
JSLC, SLS-2 | Gaofen 12-02 | SSO | Success |
34 | Y34 | 30 April 2021 07:27 |
JSLC, SLS-2 | Yaogan 34 | LEO | Success |
35 | Y43 | 4 July 2021 23:28 |
JSLC, SLS-2 | Fengyun 3E | SSO | Success |
36 | Y40 | 7 September 2021 03:01 |
TSLC, | Gaofen 5-02 | SSO | Success |
37 | Y37 | 22 November 2021 23:45 |
JSLC, SLS-2 | Gaofen 3-02 | SSO | Success |
38 | Y39 | 26 December 2021 03:11 |
TSLC, | Ziyuan I-02E XW-3 (CAS-9) |
SSO | Success |
39 | Y29 | 25 January 2022 23:44 |
JSLC, SLS-2 | Ludi Tance-1 01A | SSO | Success |
References[]
- ^ Brian Harvey (2013). China in Space: The Great Leap Forward. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-4614-5043-6.
- ^ a b c "CZ-4C (Chang Zheng-4C)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
- ^ Rui C. Barbosa (15 December 2009). "China completes 2009 schedule by launching another spy satellite". NASASpaceFlight.com.
- ^ a b Stephen Chen (2 September 2016). "Chinese rocket launch reported to have failed, destroying cutting-edge earth observation satellite". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ Rui C. Barbosa (2 September 2016). "Long March 4C apparently fails during Gaofen 10 launch". NASASpaceFlight.com. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ "Launch of Yaogan-33 satellite fails in north China". Xinhuanet.com. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
External links[]
- CZ-4C Long March Space Launch Vehicle GlobalSecurity.org
- Long March (rocket family)