Long March 4B
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The Long March 4B (Chinese: 长征四号乙火箭), 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 Center, it is a 3-stage rocket, used mostly to place satellites into low Earth and sun synchronous orbits.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 2,961 kN
- Height
- 44.1 m
- Diameter
- 3.35 m
- Launch mass
- 249 t
- Stages
- 3
- Launch cost
- —
- LEO capacity
- 4,200 kg
- GTO capacity
- 1,500 kg
- GEO capacity
- —
- SSO capacity
- —
Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.
Flight record
Flights
57
Launches with a definitive outcome
Success rate
98.2%
56 of 57
Current success streak
37
Landings
0
0 attempts · 0 droneship / 0 RTLS
Fastest turnaround
—
Between consecutive booster flights
Counted from padside's own launch record — the same basis as the Stats page.
Launches
- Long March 4B | Haiyang 2E — Success
- Long March 4B | Tianhui 7 — Success
- Long March 4B | Ziyuan-3-04 — Success
- Long March 4B | Yaogan 47 — Success
- Long March 4B | Shijian 26 — Success