Long March 11

The Long March 11 (Chinese: 長征十一號運載火箭), or Chang Zheng 11 as in pinyin, abbreviated LM-11 for export or CZ-11 within China (and designated 11H when launched from sea), is a Chinese four stage solid-propellant carrier rocket of the Long March family, which is developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT). It was designed with the ability to launch on short notice and it can launch from road vehicles and ships. It is likely based on the DF-31 missile. The vehicle can be cold launched from a launch tube mounted on a road mobile vehicle.[2]

Long March 11
FunctionSmall orbital launch vehicle
ManufacturerCALT
Country of originChina
Size
Height20.8 metres (68 ft)
Diameter2.0 metres (6 ft 7 in)
Mass58,000 kilograms (128,000 lb)
Stages4
Capacity
Payload to LEO700 kilograms (1,500 lb)
Payload to SSO 500 km500 kilograms (1,100 lb)[1]
Associated rockets
FamilyLong March
DerivativesLong March 11H
ComparableMinotaur I,
Pegasus,
Start-1
Launch history
StatusActive
Launch sitesJiuquan
Special converted barge
in Yellow Sea
Xichang
Total launches9
Successes9
First flight25 September 2015
Last flight29 May 2020

The maiden flight of the Long March 11 occurred on 25 September 2015.[3]

The first sea launch occurred on 5 June 2019, from a converted barge stationed in the Yellow Sea.[4] Nine launches have been made as of May 2020.

List of launches

Flight number Date (UTC) Launch site Payload Orbit Outcome
1 25 September 2015
01:41
JSLC Pujiang-1
Tianwang 1A
Tianwang 1B
Tianwang 1C
SSO Success[3]
2 9 November 2016
23:42
JSLC XPNAV 1
Xiaoxiang 1
SSO Success[3][5]
3 19 January 2018
04:12
JSLC Jilin-1 07
Jilin-1 08
4 cubesats
SSO Success[6]
4 26 April 2018
04:42[7]
JSLC Zhuhai-1 OVS-1
Zhuhai-1 OHS-1/2/3/4
SSO Success
5 21 December 2018
23:51[8]
JSLC Hongyun-1 SSO Success
6 21 January 2019
05:42[9]
JSLC Jilin-1 Spectral 01/02
Lingque-1A
Xiaoxiang-1-03
SSO Success
7 5 June 2019
04:06[4]
Special converted barge
Yellow Sea
(34.90° N, 121.19° E)
Bufeng-1A
Bufeng-1B
Jilin-1 High Resolution 03A
Xiaoxiang-1-04
Tianqi-3
Tianxiang-1A
Tianxiang-1B
LEO Success
8 19 September 2019
06:42[10]
JSLC Zhuhai-1 OVS-3
Zhuhai-1 OHS-3A/B/C/D
SSO Success
9 29 May 2020
20:13[1]
XSLC XJS G (Earth observation technology)
XJS H (Earth observation technology)
LEO Success

References

  1. Clark, Stephen (1 June 2020). "Two Chinese launches deploy satellites for Earth-imaging, tech demonstrations". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  2. Krebs, Gunter. "CZ-11 (Chang Zheng-11)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  3. Barbosa, Rui C. "China debuts Long March 11 lofting Tianwang-1 trio". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  4. Barbosa, Rui C. "China conducts first Sea Launch mission with Long March 11 launch of seven satellites". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  5. Krebs, Gunter. "XPNAV 1". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  6. Barbosa, Rui C. "Long March 11 in multiple satellite launch". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  7. Barbosa, Rui C. "Long March 11 launches multiple satellites". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  8. Barbosa, Rui C. "Chinese Long March 11 launches with the first Hongyun satellite". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  9. "Long March 11 launches with three satellites – NASASpaceFlight.com". Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  10. Barbosa, Rui C. "Long March 11 lofts Zhuhai-1 Group-3 satellites". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
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