Long March 3

Gaofen-13 02 was launched by a Long March-3B carrier rocket.

China launched the Gaofen-13 (02) satellite on a Long March 3B rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center on 2023-03-17 at 4:33 a.m. Eastern.

The Long March 3B launch successfully placed the Gaofen-13 (02) satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit.

The first Gaofen-13 satellite was launched in October 2020 using a Long March 3B rocket.

A Long March 3B rocket lifted off at 6:49 a.m. Eastern (1149 UTC) from Xichang, Sichuan, successfully sending Zhongxing-26 into geosynchronous transfer orbit.

A Long March 3B rocket launched Shiyan-10 (02) from Xichang Satellite Launch Center on 2022-12-28 at 11:43 p.m. Eastern.

CASC may be seeking to use the Long March 7A more often for launches to geosynchronous transfer orbit rather than relying mainly on the Long March 3B.

The Zhongxing-1D mission in November 2021 used a Long March 3B launched from the Xichang spaceport.

Launching from the coast with the Long March 7A avoids the cost and hazards associated with inland Long March 3B launches and gains the advantage of a lower latitude launch site.

The Long March 7A is more capable than the Long March 3B, which can launch 5,500 kg to geosynchronous transfer orbit.

A slide associated with Long Lehao’s lecture indicates the impactor mission will launch in 2026 on a Long March 3B rocket.

The Long March 3B launcher is routinely used for missions to geostationary orbit and has also launched lunar robotic lander missions.

The 2022-04-02 crashed objects could be parts of the third stage of Long March 3B serial number Y77, which launched in 2021-02-01.

In November 2019 a spent stage of Long March 3B fell near the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China and destroyed a house.

The crashed objects could be parts of the third stage of Long March 3B serial number Y77, which launched in February 2021.

In November 2019, a spent stage of Long March 3B fell near the Xichang Satellite Launch Center and destroyed a house.

Shiyan-10 launched on a Long March 3B from Xichang Satellite Launch Center on 2021-09-27.

The Long March 3B is likely to launch communications satellites and possibly replacement Beidou satellites into geosynchronous and medium Earth orbits in 2022.