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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 ...
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 ...
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: F-02 Xichang LA-2: Successful Agila-2: Geosynchronous transfer: Mabuhay: Communication 1 September 1997 14:00 Long March 2C / SD F-12 Taiyuan LA-7: Successful Iridium mass simulator A Low Earth: Flight testing Iridium mass simulator B Low Earth: Flight testing 16 October 1997 19:13 Long March 3B: F-03 Xichang LA-2: Successful ...
China says it has successfully tested new fins on its Long March rockets to help guide spent boosters away from populated areas, possibly paving the way for development of reusable technology like ...
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.