Long March 2D
The Long March 2D (Chinese: 长征二号丁火箭), also known as the Chang Zheng 2D, CZ-2D and LM-2D, is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. Manufactured by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST), the Long March 2D is a 2-stage carrier rocket mainly used for launching LEO and SSO satellites.[4]
Long March 2D launch of VRSS-1 in September 2012 | |
Function | Carrier rocket |
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Manufacturer | SAST |
Country of origin | China |
Cost per launch | US$30 million[1] |
Size | |
Height | 41.056 metres (134.70 ft)[2] |
Diameter | 3.35 metres (11.0 ft)[2] |
Mass | 232,250 kilograms (512,020 lb)[2] |
Stages | 2 |
Capacity | |
Payload to LEO | 3,500 kilograms (7,700 lb)[2] |
Payload to SSO | 1,300 kilograms (2,900 lb)[3] |
Associated rockets | |
Family | Long March |
Launch history | |
Status | Active |
Launch sites | LA-2/138 and LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC LA-9, TSLC LA-3, XSLC |
Total launches | 48 |
Successes | 47 |
Partial failures | 1 |
First flight | 9 August 1992 |
Last flight | 17 June 2020 |
First stage | |
Length | 27.91 m |
Diameter | 3.35 m |
Propellant mass | 182,000 kilograms (401,000 lb) |
Engines | 4 YF-21C |
Thrust | 2,961.6 kilonewtons (665,800 lbf) |
Specific impulse | 2,550 metres per second (260 s) |
Fuel | N2O4 / UDMH |
Second stage | |
Length | 10.9 m |
Diameter | 3.35 m |
Propellant mass | 52,700 kilograms (116,200 lb) |
Engines | 1 YF-24C (1 x YF-22C (Main)) (4 x YF-23C (Vernier)) |
Thrust | 742.04 kilonewtons (166,820 lbf) (Main) 47.1 kilonewtons (10,600 lbf) (Vernier) |
Specific impulse | 2,942 metres per second (300.0 s) (Main) 2,834 metres per second (289.0 s) (Vernier) |
Fuel | N2O4 / UDMH |
Third stage (optional) – YZ-3 | |
Fuel | N2O4 / UDMH |
It is mainly launched from areas 2B and 4 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The Long March 2D made its maiden flight on 9 August 1992. It was initially used to launch FSW-2 and FSW-3 reconnaissance satellites.
Unlike all other members of the Long March 2 rocket family, the Long March 2D is a two-stage version of the Long March 4 launch vehicle.[4][5]
List of launches
The Long March 2D made its maiden flight on 9 August 1992.
Flight number | Date (UTC) | Launch site | Upper stage | Payload | Orbit | Result |
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1 | 9 August 1992 08:00 |
LA-2/138, JSLC | None | FSW-2 No.1 | LEO | Success |
2 | 3 July 1994 08:00 |
LA-2/138, JSLC | None | FSW-2 No.2 | LEO | Success |
3 | 20 October 1996 07:20 |
LA-2/138, JSLC | None | FSW-2 No.3 | LEO | Success |
4 | 3 November 2003 07:20 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | FSW-3 No.1 | LEO | Success |
5 | 27 September 2004 08:00 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | FSW-3 No.2 | LEO | Success |
6 | 5 July 2005 22:40 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | Shijian 7 | SSO | Success |
7 | 29 August 2005 08:45 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | FSW-3 No.3 | LEO | Success |
8 | 25 May 2007 07:12 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | Yaogan 2 ZDPS-1 |
SSO | Success |
9 | 5 November 2008 00:15 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | Shiyan-3 Chuangxin-1-02 |
SSO | Success |
10 | 1 December 2008 04:42 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | Yaogan 4 | SSO | Success |
11 | 9 December 2009 08:42 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | Yaogan 7 | SSO | Success |
12 | 15 June 2010 01:39 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | Shijian 12 | SSO | Success |
13 | 24 August 2010 07:10 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | Tianhui-1A | SSO | Success |
14 | 22 September 2010 02:42 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | Yaogan 11 ZDPS-1A ZDPS-1B |
SSO | Success |
15 | 20 November 2011 00:15 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | Shiyan-4 Chuangxin-1-03 |
SSO | Success |
16 | 6 May 2012 07:10 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | Tianhui-1B | SSO | Success |
17 | 29 September 2012 04:12 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | VRSS-1 | SSO | Success |
18 | 18 December 2012 16:13 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | Göktürk-2 | SSO | Success |
19 | 26 April 2013 04:13 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | Gaofen 1 TurkSat-3USat NEE-01 Pegaso CubeBug-1 |
SSO | Success |
20 | 25 November 2013 02:12 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | Shiyan-5 | SSO | Success |
21 | 4 September 2014 00:15 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | Chuangxin-1-04 Lingqiao |
SSO | Success |
22 | 20 November 2014 07:12 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | Yaogan 24 | SSO | Success |
23 | 14 September 2015 04:42 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | Gaofen 9 | SSO | Success |
24 | 7 October 2015 04:13 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | Jilin-1A Jilin-1B Jilin-1C Jilin-1D |
SSO | Success |
25 | 26 October 2015 07:10 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | Tianhui-1C | SSO | Success |
26 | 17 December 2015 00:12 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | DAMPE | SSO | Success |
27 | 5 April 2016 17:38 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | Shijian 10 | LEO | Success |
28 | 15 May 2016 02:43 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | Yaogan 30 | SSO | Success |
29 | 15 August 2016 17:40 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | QSS LiXing-1 3Cat-2 |
SSO | Success |
30 | 11 November 2016 23:14 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | Yunhai-1-01 | SSO | Success |
31 | 21 December 2016 19:22 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | TanSat | SSO | Success |
32 | 28 December 2016 03:23 |
LA-9, TSLC | None | SuperView-1 01 SuperView-1 02 BY70-1 |
SSO | Partial failure |
33 | 9 October 2017 04:13 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | VRSS-2 | SSO | Success |
34 | 3 December 2017 04:11 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | LKW-1 | SSO | Success |
35 | 23 December 2017 04:14 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | LKW-2 | SSO | Success |
36 | 9 January 2018 03:24 |
LA-9, TSLC | None | SuperView-1 03 SuperView-1 04 |
SSO | Success |
37 | 13 January 2018 07:10 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | LKW-3 | SSO | Success |
38 | 2 February 2018 07:51 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | CSES (Zhangheng 1) | SSO | Success |
39 | 17 March 2018 07:10 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | LKW-4 | SSO | Success |
40 | 2 June 2018 04:13 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | Gaofen 6 Luojia 1 |
SSO | Success |
41 | 19 November 2018 23:40 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | Shiyan 6 Jiading 1 Tianzhi-1 |
SSO | Success |
42 | 7 December 2018 04:12 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | SaudiSat 5A SaudiSat 5B |
SSO | Success |
43 | 29 December 2018 08:00 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | YZ-3 | Yunhai-2 01-06 Hongyan-1 |
LEO | Success |
44 | 25 September 2019 00:54 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | Yunhai-1-02 | SSO | Success |
45 | 15 January 2020 02:53 |
LA-9, TSLC | None | Jilin-1 Wideband 01 ÑuSat-7 ÑuSat-8 |
SSO | Success |
46 | 19 February 2020 21:07 |
LA-3, XSLC | None | XJSS C/D/E/F | LEO | Success |
47 | 31 May 2020 08:53 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | Gaofen 9-02 HEAD-4 |
SSO | Success |
48 | 17 June 2020 07:19 |
LA-4/SLS-2, JSLC | None | Gaofen 9-03 HEAD-5 ZDPS-3 |
SSO | Success |
Gallery
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