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Long March 4C
ActiveChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
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 carrier rocket. It is launched from the Jiuquan, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre and Xichangs, and consists of 3 stages. Long March 4C vehicles have been used to launch the Yaogan-1, Yaogan-3 SAR satellites and the Fengyun-3A polar orbiting meteorological satellite. On December 15, 2009 a Long March 4C was used to launch Yaogan 8.
Key figures
Total launches
60
Successes
58
Failures
2
Success rate
96.7 %
Success streak
34
Maiden flight
Apr 26, 2006
Reusable
No
Shortest launch interval ⓘ
8d 18h
Planned launches
0
Long March, Long March 4 family total
119 launches · 116 successes · 3 failures (3 variants)
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- ℹ️The figures above apply only to the “Long March 4C” variant. The Launch Library counts each variant separately — the Long March, Long March 4 family totals 119 launches across 3 variants.
Technology
Stages
3
Launches per year
of which in our database: 60
Successes Failures Other/planned
History & events
Sources
- Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs)
- Wikipedia