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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 12: Y1 Wenchang Commercial LC-2 CASC: Hulianwang Jishu Shiyan 5A TBA: Low Earth: Communications: In orbit: Operational JSW-03 TBA: Low Earth: Technology demonstration: In orbit: Operational Maiden flight of Long March 12. [225] First launch from the Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site. First launch from the Wenchang Commercial ...
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.
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.
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 3C 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 or
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 6: Y7 Taiyuan LC-16 CASC: KL-Beta A KLEO Connect Low Earth Communications: In orbit: Operational KL-Beta B KLEO Connect Low Earth Communications: In orbit: Operational Second set of "global multimedia satellites" [25] built by CAS for KLEO Connect. [26] [27] 5 August 16:30:05 [30] Long March 3B/E: 3B-Y76 Xichang LC-2 CASC: ChinaSat ...