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Launch Vehicles
Vehicle family profile

Long March 4

Family-level launch record combining canonical variants, historical missions, public cadence forecasts, and available payload performance specs.

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Variants
3
Canonical variants linked to this family.
Historical missions
117
Missions in the public mission table with actual launch dates.
Peak listed capacity
4,200 kg
Maximum payload capacity across listed variants and orbits.

Launch Cadence

Historical missions are grouped by actual launch year. Forecast cadence uses family-level launch-rate rows.

YearHistorical missionsForecast launches
201970
202060
2021140
2022110
202370
202460
202570
202616
202706
202806
202906
203006
203106
203206
203306
203406
203506

Performance Specs

Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.

VariantOrbitCapacityAltitudeInclinationSource
Long March 4BLEO4,200 kgUnknownUnknownRocketLaunch.org Long March 4B vehicle page
Long March 4CLEO4,200 kgUnknownUnknownGunter Krebs / Skyrocket CZ-4C profile

Recent Missions

Latest launched missions using variants in this family.

MissionVariantLaunch
Daqi 2Long March 4CApr 17, 2026
Tianhui-7 MissionLong March 4BDec 30, 2025
ZY3-04Long March 4BDec 16, 2025
Yaogan 47 Mission

Variants

Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.

VariantStagesMissionsStatus
Long March 4Not stated2retired
Long March 4BNot stated56active
Long March 4CNot stated59active
203606
203706
203806
203906
204006
204106

Forecast Location Split

1 launch location represented.

YearLocationLaunchesConfidenceBasis
2026China inland launch centers | aggregate625%Editable low-confidence Long March medium-lift variant annual throughput default. Site mapping: Long March 4 launches across Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang; use...
2027China inland launch centers | aggregate625%Editable low-confidence Long March medium-lift variant annual throughput default. Site mapping: Long March 4 launches across Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang; use...
2028China inland launch centers | aggregate625%Editable low-confidence Long March medium-lift variant annual throughput default. Site mapping: Long March 4 launches across Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang; use...
2029China inland launch centers | aggregate625%Editable low-confidence Long March medium-lift variant annual throughput default. Site mapping: Long March 4 launches across Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang; use...
2030China inland launch centers | aggregate625%Editable low-confidence Long March medium-lift variant annual throughput default. Site mapping: Long March 4 launches across Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang; use...
2031China inland launch centers | aggregate625%Editable low-confidence Long March medium-lift variant annual throughput default. Site mapping: Long March 4 launches across Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang; use...
2032China inland launch centers | aggregate625%Editable low-confidence Long March medium-lift variant annual throughput default. Site mapping: Long March 4 launches across Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang; use...
2033China inland launch centers | aggregate625%Editable low-confidence Long March medium-lift variant annual throughput default. Site mapping: Long March 4 launches across Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang; use...
2034China inland launch centers | aggregate625%Editable low-confidence Long March medium-lift variant annual throughput default. Site mapping: Long March 4 launches across Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang; use...
2035China inland launch centers | aggregate625%Editable low-confidence Long March medium-lift variant annual throughput default. Site mapping: Long March 4 launches across Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang; use...
2036China inland launch centers | aggregate625%Editable low-confidence Long March medium-lift variant annual throughput default. Site mapping: Long March 4 launches across Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang; use...
2037China inland launch centers | aggregate625%Editable low-confidence Long March medium-lift variant annual throughput default. Site mapping: Long March 4 launches across Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang; use...
2038China inland launch centers | aggregate625%Editable low-confidence Long March medium-lift variant annual throughput default. Site mapping: Long March 4 launches across Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang; use...
2039China inland launch centers | aggregate625%Editable low-confidence Long March medium-lift variant annual throughput default. Site mapping: Long March 4 launches across Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang; use...
2040China inland launch centers | aggregate625%Editable low-confidence Long March medium-lift variant annual throughput default. Site mapping: Long March 4 launches across Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang; use...
2041China inland launch centers | aggregate625%Editable low-confidence Long March medium-lift variant annual throughput default. Site mapping: Long March 4 launches across Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang; use...
China inland launch centers | aggregate
2026 · 25% confidence
6

Editable low-confidence Long March medium-lift variant annual throughput default. Site mapping: Long March 4 launches across Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang; use an inland aggregate...

China inland launch centers | aggregate
2027 · 25% confidence
6

Editable low-confidence Long March medium-lift variant annual throughput default. Site mapping: Long March 4 launches across Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang; use an inland aggregate...

China inland launch centers | aggregate
2028 · 25% confidence
6

Editable low-confidence Long March medium-lift variant annual throughput default. Site mapping: Long March 4 launches across Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang; use an inland aggregate...

China inland launch centers | aggregate
2029 · 25% confidence
6

Editable low-confidence Long March medium-lift variant annual throughput default. Site mapping: Long March 4 launches across Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang; use an inland aggregate...

China inland launch centers | aggregate
2030 · 25% confidence
6

Editable low-confidence Long March medium-lift variant annual throughput default. Site mapping: Long March 4 launches across Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang; use an inland aggregate...

Long March 4CSSO2,800 kg700 kmUnknownSAST LM-4B/4C product page
Long March 4BSSO2,200 kg700 kmUnknownSAST LM-4B/4C product page
Long March 4BGTO1,500 kgUnknownUnknownRocketLaunch.org Long March 4B vehicle page
Long March 4CGTO1,500 kgUnknownUnknownGunter Krebs / Skyrocket CZ-4C profile
Long March 4B
Dec 9, 2025
FY3-08Long March 4CSep 26, 2025
Shiyan 28B-02 MissionLong March 4CAug 17, 2025
Shiyan 28B-01 MissionLong March 4CJul 3, 2025
Shi Jian 26 MissionLong March 4BMay 29, 2025

Forecasted Missions

Upcoming mission rows with announced launch timing.

MissionVariantAnnounced

No forecasted missions

No upcoming announced mission rows are linked to this vehicle family.

China inland launch centers | aggregate
2031 · 25% confidence
6

Editable low-confidence Long March medium-lift variant annual throughput default. Site mapping: Long March 4 launches across Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang; use an inland aggregate...

China inland launch centers | aggregate
2032 · 25% confidence
6

Editable low-confidence Long March medium-lift variant annual throughput default. Site mapping: Long March 4 launches across Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang; use an inland aggregate...

China inland launch centers | aggregate
2033 · 25% confidence
6

Editable low-confidence Long March medium-lift variant annual throughput default. Site mapping: Long March 4 launches across Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang; use an inland aggregate...

China inland launch centers | aggregate
2034 · 25% confidence
6

Editable low-confidence Long March medium-lift variant annual throughput default. Site mapping: Long March 4 launches across Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang; use an inland aggregate...

China inland launch centers | aggregate
2035 · 25% confidence
6

Editable low-confidence Long March medium-lift variant annual throughput default. Site mapping: Long March 4 launches across Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang; use an inland aggregate...

China inland launch centers | aggregate
2036 · 25% confidence
6

Editable low-confidence Long March medium-lift variant annual throughput default. Site mapping: Long March 4 launches across Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang; use an inland aggregate...

China inland launch centers | aggregate
2037 · 25% confidence
6

Editable low-confidence Long March medium-lift variant annual throughput default. Site mapping: Long March 4 launches across Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang; use an inland aggregate...

Entity Mentions
All verified mentions of this entity in source documents

The Long March 2D is a two-stage derivative of the Long March 4 family used for missions to low Earth and sun-synchronous orbits.

Mentioned as: Long March 4SourceMar 13, 2026