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On 18 August 2011, the Long March 2C lost attitude control. On 9 December 2013, the Long March 4B experienced an early shutdown of its third stage and failed to reach orbit. On 31 August 2016, the Long March 4C failed to reach orbit. On 2 July 2017, the Long March 5 experienced an anomaly in its first stage and failed to reach orbit.
On 24 October 2007, the Long March 3A successfully launched (10:05 UTC) the "Chang'e 1" 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.
Maiden flight of Long March 6A and first launch from launch complex 9A in Taiyuan. 30 March 2022 02:29 [86] [87] Long March 11: F-12 Jiuquan: Successful Tianping-2A Sun-synchronous: CASIC: Radar calibration: Tianping-2B Sun-synchronous: CASIC: Atmospheric research: Tianping-2C Sun-synchronous: CASIC: Atmospheric research: 6 April 2022 23:47 [88 ...
The 300th launch of Long March series rocket. [193] 31 March 2019 15:51 [194] Long March 3B/E F-56 Xichang, LA-2: Successful Tianlian 2-01: Geosynchronous transfer: Communication / Data transfer 20 April 2019 14:41 [195] Long March 3B/E F-57 Xichang, LA-3: Successful BeiDou-3 I1: Geosynchronous transfer: Navigation 29 April 2019 22:52 Long ...
The Long March 7 (Chinese: 长征七号运载火箭), or Chang Zheng 7 in pinyin, abbreviated LM-7 for export or CZ-7 within China, originally Long March 2F/H or Chang Zheng 2F/H, nicknamed Bingjian (冰箭; 'the Ice Arrow'), is a Chinese liquid-fuelled launch vehicle of the Long March family, developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CAST). [4]
China's Long March 12, capable of sending bigger satellites with more functionalities into the Earth's orbit, is expected to make its debut flight in 2024, in a year of record launch missions for ...
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 ...
Long March 2D: F-01 Jiuquan LA-2/138: Successful FSW-2 No.1: Low Earth: Reconnaissance Maiden flight of Long March 2D. 13 August 1992 23:00 Long March 2E/Star-63F F-02 Xichang LA-2: Successful Optus-B1: Geosynchronous transfer: AUSSAT: Communication 6 October 1992 06:20 Long March 2C: F-10 Jiuquan LA-2/138: Successful FSW-1 No.4: Low Earth ...