Long March 4C
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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.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 2,962 kN
- Height
- 45.8 m
- Diameter
- 3.35 m
- Launch mass
- 250 t
- Stages
- 3
- LEO capacity
- 4,200 kg
- GTO capacity
- 1,500 kg
- SSO capacity
- 2,800 kg
Specifications from Launch Library. Figures the operator has not published are omitted.
Flight record
First flight April 26, 2006 · latest April 17, 2026 · 04:10 UTC
Counted from padside's own launch record, the same basis as the stats page.
Flights per year
- Successful
- Failed
Show the numbers for Long March 4C flights per year
| Year | Successful | Failed | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2022 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |