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The Long March 3B (Chinese: 长征三号乙; pinyin: Chángzhēng sānhàoyǐ), also known as the CZ-3B and LM-3B, is a Chinese orbital launch vehicle. Introduced in 1996, it is launched from Launch Area 2 and 3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan .
Long March 3B: Xichang: Tianwen-2: Heliocentric: CNSA: Asteroid sample return: Sample return mission headed for the 469219 Kamoʻoalewa asteroid. June (TBD) [2] [3] Long March 5B: Y5 Wenchang LC-1 Xuntian: Low Earth: CNSA: Space telescope: 2025 (TBD) [4] Long March 3B: Asteroid impacter: Heliocentric: CNSA: Asteroid redirect test Asteroid ...
Long March 5B / YZ-2: 5B-Y6 Wenchang LC-1 CASC: Huliangwang Digui × 10 (SatNet LEO Group 01) TBA: Low Earth Communications: In orbit: Operational First batch of satellites for the 13,000-satellite Guowang (Xingwang) megaconstellation. Maiden flight of Long March 5B / YZ-2 Variant. 16 December 18:50 [118] [249] Long March 2D: 2D-Y99 Taiyuan LA ...
ChinaSat 8, which had been scheduled for launch in April 1999 on a Long March 3B rocket, [12] was placed in storage, sold to the Singapore company ProtoStar, and finally launched on a European rocket Ariane 5 in 2008. [11] From 2005 to 2012, Long March rockets launched ITAR-free satellites made by the European company Thales Alenia Space. [13]
Intelsat 708 was a telecommunications satellite built by the American company Space Systems/Loral for Intelsat.It was destroyed on 15 February 1996 when the Long March 3B launch vehicle failed while being launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China.
100th consecutive successful launch of a Long March rocket since the Long March 3B launch failure in 2020. 4 August 2022 ~16:00 [103] Long March 2F/T 2F-T4 Jiuquan SLS-1: Successful Reusable Experimental Spacecraft: Low Earth: CASC: Technology demonstration: Second flight of the Reusable Experimental Spacecraft.
On 14 February 1996, the Long March 3B lost its guidance platform and veered off course, hitting a nearby village and killing at least 6 people. 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.
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 ...