Long March 4B
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Long March 4B | |
Long March 4B |
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Fact sheet | |
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Function | Carrier rocket |
Manufacturer | CALT |
Country of origin | People's Republic of China |
Size | |
Height | 45.8 metres (150 ft)[1] |
Diameter | 3.35 metres (11.0 ft)[1] |
Mass | 249,200 kilograms (549,000 lb)[1] |
Stages | 3 |
Capacity | |
Payload to LEO |
4,200 kilograms (9,300 lb)[2] |
Payload to SSO |
2,800 kilograms (6,200 lb)[2] |
Payload to GTO |
1,500 kilograms (3,300 lb)[2] |
Associated Rockets | |
Family | Long March |
Derivatives | Long March 4C |
Launch History | |
Status | Active |
Launch sites | LC-1, TSLC |
Total launches | 10 |
Successes | 10 |
Maiden flight | 10 May 1999 |
The Long March 4B, also known as the Chang Zheng 4B, CZ-4B and LM-4B is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. Launched from Launch Complex 1 at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre, it is a 3-stage rocket, used mostly to place satellites into low Earth and sun synchronous orbits. It was first launched on 10 May 1999, with the FY-1C weather satellite, which would later be used in the 2007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test.
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