Long March 2 (rocket family)

Long March 2 rocket family or Chang Zheng 2 rocket family as in Chinese pinyin is an expendable launch system operated by the People's Republic of China.

History

The several versions of the launcher include:

Long March 2 (rocket family)
Derivatives	Status	First flight	Launches	Successes	Failures
Long March 2A	Retired	5 November 1974	1	0	1
Long March 2C	Active	26 November 1975	44	43	1
Long March 2D	Active	9 August 1992	22	22	0
Long March 2E	Retired	16 July 1990	7	5	2
Long March 2E(A)	In development
Long March 2F	Active	19 November 1999	11	11	0

Development and design falls mostly under the auspices of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT). The rockets use the abbreviations LM-2 family for export, and CZ-2 family within China, as "Chang Zheng" means "Long March" in Chinese pinyin.

Long March 2 is the base model of the Long March 2 rocket family, derived from Chinese first ICBM DF-5. The development work began in 1970, the first rocket was launched on November 5, 1974,^[1] but the launch failed. The production of the rocket ended in 1979. Although not officially reported, it is believed that Long March 2A and Long March 2B were assigned to derivations which targeted to launch the first Chinese static orbit communication satellite Dong Fang Hong 2 into GTO, with different 3rd stage solutions. The original Long March 2A, which planned to use hypergolic rocket fuels as the third stage, was later renamed to Long March 4. In addition, the original Long March 2B, which used cryogenic fuel as third stage, was later renamed to Long March 3. Each of them derived into a full rocket family with various configurations, but the core 1st stage and 2nd stage are mostly kept unchanged.

Long March 2C and Long March 2D's first launches occurred in 1975 and 1992 respectively.

The Long March 2E was the first in the Long March rocket family to introduce liquid rocket boosters, as well as a solid rocket perigee kick stage, to improve its GTO payload capacity to satisfy the domestic and international launch market in the 1990s. It was first launched in 1992.

The development of Long March 2F began in 1992, which is a man-rated version of Long March 2E.^[2] Its first launch was in November 1999 (See also Shenzhou 1). This version is the safest model in the Long March 2 family, with 7 launches and no failure record.

Long March 2D and Long March 4 were developed by the Shanghai Academy of Space Flight Technology (SAST), while all others are developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT).

Specifications

Specifications
Series	2A	2C	2D	2E	2F
Model
Stages	2	2	2	3 (plus 4 Strap-on boosters)	2 (plus 4 Strap-on boosters)
Length (m)	31.170	35.150	33.667 (without shield)	49.686	62
Max. diameter (m)	3.35	3.35	3.35	7.85	7.85
Liftoff mass (t)	190	192	232	462	464
Liftoff thrust (kN)	2786	2786	2962	5923	6512
Payload (LEO, kg)	1800	2400	3100	9200	8400

References

↑ "Go Taikonauts! - Launch Vehicle". Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
↑ "Space Launchers - Long March". Retrieved 21 April 2015.

Long March rockets

LM 1 family	Long March 1 1D

LM 2 family	Feng Bao 1 Long March 2A 2C 2D 2E 2E(A) 2F

LM 3 family	Long March 3 3A 3B 3B/E 3B(A) 3C

LM 4 family	Long March 4A 4B 4C

LM 5 family	Long March 5

LM 6 family	Long March 6

LM 7 family	Long March 7

LM 8 family	Long March 8

LM 9 family	Long March 9

LM 11 family	Long March 11

List of Long March launches China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology

Chinese launch systems

Sounding rockets

T-7
T-7A
HP2
HP6
761
Zhinu

Launch vehicles

Expendable LVs

Active	Long March (rocket family) Kuaizhou

In development	Air-Launched SLV FT-1 Kaituozhe-1 Kaituozhe-1A Kaituozhe-1B Kaituozhe-2 Kaituozhe-2A KZ-11 Chang Zheng 5 Chang Zheng 6 Chang Zheng 7 Chang Zheng 8 Chang Zheng 9 Chang Zheng 11 Naga-1

Cancelled	Fengbao Rocket

Reusable LVs

In development	Shenlong Spaceplane HTS Maglev Launch Assist Space Shuttle

Not approved	Spaceplane 1978 H-2 HTOHL V-2 VTOHL Chang Cheng 1 Tian Jiao 1 Institute 611 Hermes spaceplane

Orbital launch systems

Current	Angara 1.2 A5 Antares Ariane 5 Atlas V Delta II IV Dnepr-1 Epsilon Falcon 9 full thrust GSLV GSLV Mk III H-IIA H-IIB Kuaizhou Long March 2C 2D 2F 3A 3B 3C 4B 4C 6 11 Minotaur I IV V C Pegasus Proton-M PSLV Rokot Safir Shavit Strela Soyuz U FG 2 2-1v SPARK Unha Vega VLS-1 Zenit 2M 3SL 3SLB 3F

Planned	Angara A3 A5P A5V A7 Ariane 6 Athena Ic IIc III Ausroc IV Falcon Heavy Falcon 9-R FT-1 H3 Haas KZ-11 Long March 5 7 8 9 LauncherOne Mayak Naga-1 Naro-2 OREL RPS (420, 550) Simorgh SLS Southern Cross Soyuz-5 Tronador Tsyklon-4 ULV VLM Vulcan

Retired	Ariane 1 2 3 4 ASLV Athena I II Atlas B D E/F G H I II III LV-3B SLV-3 Able Agena Centaur Black Arrow Conestoga Delta A B C D E G J L M N 0100 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 III Diamant Energia Europa Falcon 1 Falcon 9 v1.0 v1.1 Feng Bao 1 H-I H-II Juno I Juno II Kaituozhe-1 Kosmos 1 2I 3 3M Lambda 4S Long March 1 2A 2E 3 4A Mu 4S 3C 3H 3S 3SII V N1 N-I N-II Naro-1 Paektusan Pilot Proton UR-500 K R-7 Luna Molniya M L Polyot Soyuz L M U2 Soyuz/Vostok Sputnik Voskhod Vostok L K 2 2M R-29 Shtil' Volna Saturn I IB V INT-21 Scout SLV Space Shuttle Sparta Start-1 Thor Able Ablestar Agena Burner Delta DSV-2U Thorad-Agena Titan II GLV IIIA IIIB IIIC IIID IIIE 34D 23G CT-3 IV Tsyklon 2 3 Vanguard Zenit-2

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