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Long March 4C

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Rendering of Long March 4C
FunctionLaunch vehicle
ManufacturerSAST
Country of originChina
Size
Height45.8 m (150 ft) [1]
Diameter3.35 m (11.0 ft)
Mass250,000 kg (550,000 lb)
Stages3
Capacity
Payload to LEO
Mass4,200 kg (9,300 lb) [2]
Payload to SSO
Mass2,800 kg (6,200 lb) [2]
Payload to GTO
Mass1,500 kg (3,300 lb) [2]
Associated rockets
FamilyLong March
Launch history
StatusActive
Launch sitesTSLC, LA-7, LA-9
JSLC, LA-4/SLS-2
XSLC, LA-3
Total launches55
Success(es)53
Failure(s)2
First flight26 April 2006
Last flight15 October 2024
First stage
Height27.91 m
Diameter3.35 m
Propellant mass182,000 kg (401,000 lb)
Powered by4 YF-21C
Maximum thrust2,961.6 kN (665,800 lbf)
Specific impulse2,550 m/s (8,400 ft/s)
PropellantN2O4 / UDMH
Second stage
Height10.9 m
Diameter3.35 m
Propellant mass52,700 kg (116,200 lb)
Powered by1 YF-24C
(1 x YF-22C (Main))
(4 x YF-23C (Vernier))
Maximum thrust742.04 kN (166,820 lbf) (Main)
47.1 kN (10,600 lbf) (Vernier)
Specific impulse2,942 m/s (9,650 ft/s) (Main)
2,834 m/s (9,300 ft/s) (Vernier)
PropellantN2O4 / UDMH
Third stage
Height14.79 m
Diameter2.9 m
Propellant mass14,000 kg (31,000 lb)
Powered by2 YF-40A
Maximum thrust100.85 kN (22,670 lbf)
Specific impulse2,971 m/s (9,750 ft/s)
PropellantN2O4 / UDMH
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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 orbitallaunch 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-3synthetic-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]

Launch statistics

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2006
2010
2015
2020
  •   Failure
  •   Partial failure
  •   Success
  •   Planned

List of launches

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Main article: List of Long March launches
Flight number Serial number Date (UTC) Launch site Payload Orbit Result
1 Y1 26 April 2006
22:48 		TSLC, LA-7Yaogan 1SSOSuccess
2 Y3 11 November 2007
22:48 		TSLC, LA-7Yaogan 3SSOSuccess
3 Y2 27 May 2008
03:02 		TSLC, LA-7Fengyun 3ASSOSuccess
4 Y4 15 December 2009
02:31 		TSLC, LA-9Yaogan 8
Xiwang 1		SSOSuccess
5 Y5 5 March 2010
04:55 		JSLC, SLS-2Yaogan 9A
Yaogan 9B
Yaogan 9C		LEOSuccess
6 Y6 9 August 2010
22:49 		TSLC, LA-9Yaogan 10SSOSuccess
7 Y7 4 November 2010
18:37 		TSLC, LA-9Fengyun 3BSSOSuccess
8 Y10 29 May 2012
07:31 		TSLC, LA-9Yaogan 15SSOSuccess
9 Y9 25 November 2012
04:06 		JSLC, SLS-2Yaogan 16A
Yaogan 16B
Yaogan 16C		LEOSuccess
10 Y11 19 July 2013
23:37 		TSLC, LA-9Shijian 15
Shiyan 7
Chuangxin-3		SSOSuccess
11 Y13 1 September 2013
19:16 		JSLC, SLS-2Yaogan 17A
Yaogan 17B
Yaogan 17C		LEOSuccess
12 Y12 23 September 2013
03:07 		TSLC, LA-9Fengyun 3CSSOSuccess
13 Y14 20 November 2013
03:31 		TSLC, LA-9Yaogan 19SSOSuccess
14 Y15 9 August 2014
05:45 		JSLC, SLS-2Yaogan 20A
Yaogan 20B
Yaogan 20C		LEOSuccess
15 Y16 20 October 2014
06:31 		TSLC, LA-9Yaogan 22SSOSuccess
16 Y17 10 December 2014
19:33 		JSLC, SLS-2Yaogan 25A
Yaogan 25B
Yaogan 25C		LEOSuccess
17 Y18 27 August 2015
02:31 		TSLC, LA-9Yaogan 27SSOSuccess
18 Y8 26 November 2015
21:24 		TSLC, LA-9Yaogan 29SSOSuccess
19 Y19 9 August 2016
22:55 		TSLC, LA-9Gaofen 3SSOSuccess
20 Y22 31 August 2016
18:50 		TSLC, LA-9Gaofen 10SSOFailure [4]
21 Y21 14 November 2017
18:35 		TSLC, LA-9Fengyun 3D
HEAD-1 		SSOSuccess
22 Y26 31 March 2018
03:22 		TSLC, LA-9Gaofen-1 02
Gaofen-1 03
Gaofen-1 04		SSOSuccess
23 Y25 10 April 2018
04:25 		JSLC, SLS-2Yaogan 31-01A
Yaogan 31-01B
Yaogan 31-01C		LEOSuccess
24 Y20 8 May 2018
18:28 		TSLC, LA-9Gaofen 5SSOSuccess
25 Y27 20 May 2018
21:28 		XSLC, LA-3Queqiao
Longjiang-1
Longjiang-2		Earth–Moon L2Success
26 Y23 22 May 2019
22:49 		TSLC, LA-9Yaogan 33SSOFailure [6]
27 Y33 4 October 2019
18:51 		TSLC, LA-9Gaofen 10(R)SSOSuccess
28 Y24 27 November 2019
23:52 		TSLC, LA-9Gaofen 12SSOSuccess
29 Y35 27 December 2020
15:44 		JSLC, SLS-2Yaogan 33(R)SSOSuccess
30 Y31 29 January 2021
04:47 		JSLC, SLS-2Yaogan 31-02A
Yaogan 31-02B
Yaogan 31-02C		LEOSuccess
31 Y32 24 February 2021
02:22 		JSLC, SLS-2Yaogan 31-03A
Yaogan 31-03B
Yaogan 31-03C		LEOSuccess
32 Y42 13 March 2021
02:19 		JSLC, SLS-2Yaogan 31-04A
Yaogan 31-04B
Yaogan 31-04C		LEOSuccess
33 Y36 30 March 2021
22:45 		JSLC, SLS-2Gaofen 12-02SSOSuccess
34 Y34 30 April 2021
07:27 		JSLC, SLS-2Yaogan 34LEOSuccess
35 Y43 4 July 2021
23:28 		JSLC, SLS-2Fengyun 3ESSOSuccess
36 Y40 7 September 2021
03:01 		TSLC, LA-9Gaofen 5-02SSOSuccess
37 Y37 22 November 2021
23:45 		JSLC, SLS-2Gaofen 3-02SSOSuccess
38 Y39 26 December 2021
03:11 		TSLC, LA-9Ziyuan I-02E
XW-3 (CAS-9) 		SSOSuccess
39 Y29 25 January 2022
23:44 		JSLC, SLS-2Ludi Tance-1 01A SSOSuccess
40 Y30 26 February 2022
23:44 		JSLC, SLS-2Ludi Tance-1 01B SSOSuccess
41 Y47 17 March 2022
07:09 		JSLC, SLS-2Yaogan 34-02LEOSuccess
42 Y38 6 April 2022
23:47 		JSLC, SLS-2Gaofen 3-03SSOSuccess
43 Y28 15 April 2022
18:16 		TSLC, LA-9Daqi-1 (AEMS) SSOSuccess
44 Y46 27 June 2022
15:46 		JSLC, SLS-2Gaofen 12-03SSOSuccess
45 Y52 2 September 2022
23:44 		JSLC, SLS-2Yaogan 33-02SSOSuccess
46 Y48 15 November 2022
01:38 		JSLC, SLS-2Yaogan 34-03LEOSuccess
47 Y57 12 December 2022
08:22 		JSLC, SLS-2Shiyan-20A
Shiyan-20B		LEOSuccess
48 Y51 9 March 2023
22:41 		TSLC, LA-9Tianhui-6A
Tianhui-6B 		SSOSuccess
49 Y49 31 March 2023
06:27 		JSLC, SLS-2Yaogan 34-04LEOSuccess
50 Y44 3 August 2023
03:47 		JSLC, SLS-2Fengyun 3FSSOSuccess
51 Y56 20 August 2023
17:45 		JSLC, SLS-2Gaofen 12-04SSOSuccess
52 Y53 6 September 2023
18:14 		JSLC, SLS-2Yaogan 33-03SSOSuccess
53 Y54 26 September 2023
20:15 		JSLC, SLS-2Yaogan 33-04SSOSuccess
54 Y50 11 May 2024
23:43 		JSLC, SLS-2Shiyan-23SSOSuccess
55 Y59 15 October 2024
23:45 		JSLC, SLS-2Gaofen 12-05SSOSuccess

See also

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References

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  1. ^Brian Harvey (2013). China in Space: The Great Leap Forward. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-4614-5043-6.
  2. ^ abc"CZ-4C (Chang Zheng-4C)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
  3. ^Rui C. Barbosa (15 December 2009). "China completes 2009 schedule by launching another spy satellite". NASASpaceFlight.com.
  4. ^ abStephen 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.
  5. ^Rui C. Barbosa (2 September 2016). "Long March 4C apparently fails during Gaofen 10 launch". NASASpaceFlight.com. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  6. ^"Launch of Yaogan-33 satellite fails in north China". Xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
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