Long March 4

The Long March-4C rocket launched on 2021-11-23 was equipped with a relay user terminal system to further test its adaptability.

The Long March-4C can launch various types of satellites to different orbits and can launch multiple satellites in a single mission.

China launched the Gaofen-3 02 remote-sensing satellite aboard a Long March-4C carrier rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 7:45 a.m. on 2021-11-23.

A Long March 4B rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 8:51 p.m. local time and inserted Gaofen-11 (03) into orbit.

The Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology developed and manufactured both Tianhui-2 (02) satellites and the Long March 4B rocket.

A Long March 4C launched the Fengyun-3E meteorological satellite into a roughly 805-kilometer-altitude sun-synchronous orbit at 11:28 a.m. Eastern on 2021-07-04.

A Long March-4B carrier rocket launched the Shiyan-6 series satellite at 7:01 a.m. Beijing Time on 2021-04-09.

China launched the Gaofen-12 (02) satellite on a Long March 4C rocket from Jiuquan, northwest China.

The Long March-4C launched Gaofen-12 02 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.

Xinhua provided a photo of a Long March-4C rocket carrying the Gaofen-12 02 Earth observation satellite to orbit.

A Long March 4C rocket launched a series of three Yaogan-31 reconnaissance satellites into orbit from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on 2021-02-23 at 9:22 p.m. Eastern.

A Long March 4C rocket carrying the second group of China’s Yaogan 31 remote-sensing satellites launched on 2021-01-29.

The Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST) developed and manufactures the Long March 4B rocket.

A Long March 4B rocket launched two satellites, HJ-2A (Huanjing-2A) and HJ-2B, from Taiyuan late on a Saturday at 11:23 p.m. Eastern.

The main payload on the Long March 4B launch was the Ziyuan-3 (03) remote sensing satellite developed by the China Academy of Space Technology under CASC.

A Long March 4B launched the Gaofen multi-mode satellite and the Xibaipo 2U CubeSat into orbits of approximately 648 by 631 km at an inclination of 98 degrees.

China had launched 33 times in 2019 following the Long March 4B launch of the China-Brazil CBERS-4A remote sensing satellite and eight passengers.

The Long March 4B launch took place at 11:22 p.m. at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China.