The Long March 4C, also known as the Chang Zheng 4C, CZ-4C and LM-4C, previously designated Long March 4B-II, is a Chinese orbital launch vehicle. It is launched from the Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang Satellite Launch Centers, and consists of 3 stages. All stages use storable (rather than cryogenic) propellants.

The Long March 4C is derived from the 3 stage Long March 4B, but features a restartable third stage, and a larger payload fairing.

Launch summary Long March 4C vehicles have been used to launch the Yaogan-1, Yaogan-3 synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellites and the Fengyun-3A polar orbiting meteorological satellite. On 15 December 2009, a Long March 4C was used to launch Yaogan-8.

Because it was still designated as Long March 4B-II at the time of its maiden flight, the first launch is often mistaken for a Long March 4B.

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 its designated orbit.

Launch statistics

List of launches

Flight number Serial number Date (UTC) Launch site Payload Orbit Result 1 Y1 26 April 200622:48 TSLC, LA-7 Yaogan 1 SSO 2 Y3 11 November 200722:48 TSLC, LA-7 Yaogan 3 SSO 3 Y2 27 May 200803:02 TSLC, LA-7 Fengyun 3A SSO 4 Y4 15 December 200902:31 TSLC, LA-9 Yaogan 8Xiwang 1 SSO 5 Y5 5 March 201004:55 JSLC, SLS-2 Yaogan 9AYaogan 9BYaogan 9C LEO 6 Y6 9 August 201022:49 TSLC, LA-9 Yaogan 10 SSO 7 Y7 4 November 201018:37 TSLC, LA-9 Fengyun 3B SSO 8 Y10 29 May 201207:31 TSLC, LA-9 Yaogan 15 SSO 9 Y9 25 November 201204:06 JSLC, SLS-2 Yaogan 16AYaogan 16BYaogan 16C LEO 10 Y11 19 July 201323:37 TSLC, LA-9 Shijian 15Shiyan 7Chuangxin-3 SSO 11 Y13 1 September 201319:16 JSLC, SLS-2 Yaogan 17AYaogan 17BYaogan 17C LEO 12 Y12 23 September 201303:07 TSLC, LA-9 Fengyun 3C SSO 13 Y14 20 November 201303:31 TSLC, LA-9 Yaogan 19 SSO 14 Y15 9 August 201405:45 JSLC, SLS-2 Yaogan 20AYaogan 20BYaogan 20C LEO 15 Y16 20 October 201406:31 TSLC, LA-9 Yaogan 22 SSO 16 Y17 10 December 201419:33 JSLC, SLS-2 Yaogan 25AYaogan 25BYaogan 25C LEO 17 Y18 27 August 201502:31 TSLC, LA-9 Yaogan 27 SSO 18 Y8 26 November 201521:24 TSLC, LA-9 Yaogan 29 SSO 19 Y19 9 August 201622:55 TSLC, LA-9 Gaofen 3 SSO 20 Y22 31 August 201618:50 TSLC, LA-9 Gaofen 10 SSO 21 Y21 14 November 201718:35 TSLC, LA-9 Fengyun 3DHEAD-1 SSO 22 Y26 31 March 201803:22 TSLC, LA-9 Gaofen-1 02Gaofen-1 03Gaofen-1 04 SSO 23 Y25 10 April 201804:25 JSLC, SLS-2 Yaogan 31-01AYaogan 31-01BYaogan 31-01C LEO 24 Y20 8 May 201818:28 TSLC, LA-9 Gaofen 5 SSO 25 Y27 20 May 201821:28 XSLC, LA-3 QueqiaoLongjiang-1Longjiang-2 Earth–Moon L2 26 Y23 22 May 201922:49 TSLC, LA-9 Yaogan 33 SSO 27 Y33 4 October 201918:51 TSLC, LA-9 Gaofen 10(R) SSO 28 Y24 27 November 201923:52 TSLC, LA-9 Gaofen 12 SSO 29 Y35 27 December 202015:44 JSLC, SLS-2 Yaogan 33(R) SSO 30 Y31 29 January 202104:47 JSLC, SLS-2 Yaogan 31-02AYaogan 31-02BYaogan 31-02C LEO 31 Y32 24 February 202102:22 JSLC, SLS-2 Yaogan 31-03AYaogan 31-03BYaogan 31-03C LEO 32 Y42 13 March 202102:19 JSLC, SLS-2 Yaogan 31-04AYaogan 31-04BYaogan 31-04C LEO 33 Y36 30 March 202122:45 JSLC, SLS-2 Gaofen 12-02 SSO 34 Y34 30 April 202107:27 JSLC, SLS-2 Yaogan 34 LEO 35 Y43 4 July 202123:28 JSLC, SLS-2 Fengyun 3E SSO 36 Y40 7 September 202103:01 TSLC, LA-9 Gaofen 5-02 SSO 37 Y37 22 November 202123:45 JSLC, SLS-2 Gaofen 3-02 SSO 38 Y39 26 December 202103:11 TSLC, LA-9 Ziyuan I-02EXW-3 (CAS-9) SSO 39 Y29 25 January 202223:44 JSLC, SLS-2 Ludi Tance-1 01A SSO 40 Y30 26 February 202223:44 JSLC, SLS-2 Ludi Tance-1 01B SSO 41 Y47 17 March 202207:09 JSLC, SLS-2 Yaogan 34-02 LEO 42 Y38 6 April 202223:47 JSLC, SLS-2 Gaofen 3-03 SSO 43 Y28 15 April 202218:16 TSLC, LA-9 Daqi-1 (AEMS) SSO 44 Y46 27 June 202215:46 JSLC, SLS-2 Gaofen 12-03 SSO 45 Y52 2 September 202223:44 JSLC, SLS-2 Yaogan 33-02 SSO 46Y48 15 November 202201:38 JSLC, SLS-2 Yaogan 34-03 LEO 47Y57 12 December 202208:22 JSLC, SLS-2 Shiyan-20AShiyan-20B LEO 48Y51 9 March 202322:41 TSLC, LA-9 Tianhui-6ATianhui-6B SSO 49 Y49 31 March 202306:27 JSLC, SLS-2 Yaogan 34-04 LEO 50 Y44 3 August 202303:47 JSLC, SLS-2 Fengyun 3F SSO 51 Y56 20 August 202317:45 JSLC, SLS-2 Gaofen 12-04 SSO 52Y536 September 202318:14JSLC, SLS-2Yaogan 33-03SSO53Y5426 September 202320:15JSLC, SLS-2Yaogan 33-04SSO54Y5011 May 202423:43JSLC, SLS-2Shiyan-23SSO55Y5915 October 202423:45JSLC, SLS-2Gaofen 12-05SSO56Y633 July 202509:35XSLC, LA-3Shiyan-28B 01LEO57Y6417 August 202508:55XSLC, LA-3Shiyan-28B 02LEO58Y4526 September 202519:28JSLC, SLS-2Fengyun 3HSSO59Y4117 April 202604:10JSLC, SLS-2Daqi-2(High-Precision Greenhouse Gas Detection)SSO

See also Long March 4B Long March (rocket family) Medium-lift launch vehicle

References

External links CZ-4C Long March Space Launch Vehicle GlobalSecurity.org

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