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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 22 May 2019, the Long March 4C failed to reach orbit due to a problem with its third stage. On 16 March 2020, the first Long March 7A failed to reach orbit. On 9 April 2020, the Long March 3B failed to reach orbit with the Palapa-N1 (Nusantara Dua) satellite due to third stage failure.
The Long March 3B and its variants remain in active use as of January 2021, having conducted a total of 26 consecutive successful launches, since 19 June 2017 until 9 March 2020. In December 2013, a Long March 3B/E successfully lifted Chang'e 3, China's first Lunar lander and rover into the projected lunar-transfer orbit. In April 2020, the ...
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]
Long March 3B/E 3B-Y70 Xichang LC-3: CASC: Gaofen 14: SASTIND: Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation: In orbit: Operational First Long March 3B launch to Sun-synchronous orbit. 6 December 16:17:08 [322] Falcon 9 Block 5: F9-101 Kennedy LC-39A: SpaceX: SpaceX CRS-21: NASA: Low Earth ISS logistics: 14 January 2021: Successful Nanoracks Bishop Airlock ...
List of Long March launches (2020–2024) List of Long March launches (2025–2029) L. Long March 1; ... Long March 3B/E; Long March 3C; Long March 4; Long March 4A;
20:00 [1] [2] Long March 3B: Y104 Xichang LC-3 Successful Shijian 25 Geostationary transfer: CNSA: Technology verification: Verification of satellite life-extension technologies, including on-orbit fuel replenishment 17 January 2025 4:07 [1] [3] Long March 2D: Y101 Jiuquan SLS-2 [4] Successful Bajisitan PRSC-E01 巴基斯坦PRSC-EO1 Sun-synchronous
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2 or LA-2), located at , and used for launching Long March 2E, Long March 3A, Long March 3B [15] [16] and Long March 3 Launch Complex 3 (LC-3 or LA-3) , also known as LA-1 , and located at 28°14′50″N 102°01′45″E / 28.2471400°N 102.0291100°E / 28.2471400; 102.0291100 ( Launch Complex 3 (LC-3 o