Long March 4C

The Long March 4C, also known as the Chang Zheng 4C, CZ-4C and LM-4C, previously designated Long March 4B-II, is a Chinese orbital launch vehicle. It is launched from the Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang Satellite Launch Centers, and consists of 3 stages. Long March 4C vehicles have been used to launch the Yaogan-1, Yaogan-3 synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellites and the Fengyun-3A polar orbiting meteorological satellite. On 15 December 2009, a Long March 4C was used to launch Yaogan-8.

Because it was still designated as Long March 4B-II at the time of its maiden flight, the first launch is often mistaken for a Long March 4B. The Long March 4C is derived from the Long March 4B, but features a restartable upper stage, and a larger payload fairing.

On 1 September 2016, the Long March 4C failed for reasons not yet known. A Long March 4C rocket blasted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi but failed to insert its payload, the Gaofen 10 satellite, into its designated orbit.

List of launches

Flight number	Serial number	Date (UTC)	Launch site	Payload	Orbit	Result
1	Y1	26 April 2006 22:48	TSLC, LA-7	Yaogan 1	SSO	Template:Success
2	Y3	11 November 2007 22:48	TSLC, LA-7	Yaogan 3	SSO	Template:Success
3	Y2	27 May 2008 03:02	TSLC, LA-7	Fengyun 3A	SSO	Template:Success
4	Y4	15 December 2009 02:31	TSLC, LA-9	Yaogan 8 Xiwang 1	SSO	Template:Success
5	Y5	5 March 2010 04:55	JSLC, SLS-2	Yaogan 9A Yaogan 9B Yaogan 9C	LEO	Template:Success
6	Y6	9 August 2010 22:49	TSLC, LA-9	Yaogan 10	SSO	Template:Success
7	Y7	4 November 2010 18:37	TSLC, LA-9	Fengyun 3B	SSO	Template:Success
8	Y10	29 May 2012 07:31	TSLC, LA-9	Yaogan 15	SSO	Template:Success
9	Y9	25 November 2012 04:06	JSLC, SLS-2	Yaogan 16A Yaogan 16B Yaogan 16C	LEO	Template:Success
10	Y11	19 July 2013 23:37	TSLC, LA-9	Shijian 15 Shiyan 7 Chuangxin-3	SSO	Template:Success
11	Y13	1 September 2013 19:16	JSLC, SLS-2	Yaogan 17A Yaogan 17B Yaogan 17C	LEO	Template:Success
12	Y12	23 September 2013 03:07	TSLC, LA-9	Fengyun 3C	SSO	Template:Success
13	Y14	20 November 2013 03:31	TSLC, LA-9	Yaogan 19	SSO	Template:Success
14	Y15	9 August 2014 05:45	JSLC, SLS-2	Yaogan 20A Yaogan 20B Yaogan 20C	LEO	Template:Success
15	Y16	20 October 2014 06:31	TSLC, LA-9	Yaogan 22	SSO	Template:Success
16	Y17	10 December 2014 19:33	JSLC, SLS-2	Yaogan 25A Yaogan 25B Yaogan 25C	LEO	Template:Success
17	Y18	27 August 2015 02:31	TSLC, LA-9	Yaogan 27	SSO	Template:Success
18	Y8	26 November 2015 21:24	TSLC, LA-9	Yaogan 29	SSO	Template:Success
19	Y19	9 August 2016 22:55	TSLC, LA-9	Gaofen 3	SSO	Template:Success
20	Y22	31 August 2016 18:50	TSLC, LA-9	Gaofen 10	SSO	Template:Failure
21	Y21	14 November 2017 18:35	TSLC, LA-9	Fengyun 3D HEAD-1	SSO	Template:Success
22	Y26	31 March 2018 03:22	TSLC, LA-9	Gaofen-1 02 Gaofen-1 03 Gaofen-1 04	SSO	Template:Success
23	Y25	10 April 2018 04:25	JSLC, SLS-2	Yaogan 31-01A Yaogan 31-01B Yaogan 31-01C	LEO	Template:Success
24	Y20	8 May 2018 18:28	TSLC, LA-9	Gaofen 5	SSO	Template:Success
25	Y27	20 May 2018 21:28	XSLC, LA-3	Queqiao Longjiang-1 Longjiang-2	Earth–Moon L2	Template:Success
26	Y23	22 May 2019 22:49	TSLC, LA-9	Yaogan 33	SSO	Template:Failure
27	Y33	4 October 2019 18:51	TSLC, LA-9	Gaofen 10(R)	SSO	Template:Success
28	Y24	27 November 2019 23:52	TSLC, LA-9	Gaofen 12	SSO	Template:Success
29	Y35	27 December 2020 15:44	JSLC, SLS-2	Yaogan 33(R)	SSO	Template:Success
30	Y31	29 January 2021 04:47	JSLC, SLS-2	Yaogan 31-02A Yaogan 31-02B Yaogan 31-02C	LEO	Template:Success
31	Y32	24 February 2021 02:22	JSLC, SLS-2	Yaogan 31-03A Yaogan 31-03B Yaogan 31-03C	LEO	Template:Success
32	Y42	13 March 2021 02:19	JSLC, SLS-2	Yaogan 31-04A Yaogan 31-04B Yaogan 31-04C	LEO	Template:Success
33	Y36	30 March 2021 22:45	JSLC, SLS-2	Gaofen 12-02	SSO	Template:Success
34	Y34	30 April 2021 07:27	JSLC, SLS-2	Yaogan 34	LEO	Template:Success
35	Y43	4 July 2021 23:28	JSLC, SLS-2	Fengyun 3E	SSO	Template:Success
36	Y40	7 September 2021 03:01	TSLC, LA-9	Gaofen 5-02	SSO	Template:Success
37	Y37	22 November 2021 23:45	JSLC, SLS-2	Gaofen 3-02	SSO	Template:Success
38	Y39	26 December 2021 03:11	TSLC, LA-9	Ziyuan I-02E XW-3 (CAS-9)	SSO	Template:Success
39	Y29	25 January 2022 23:44	JSLC, SLS-2	Ludi Tance-1 01A	SSO	Template:Success
40	Y30	26 February 2022 23:44	JSLC, SLS-2	Ludi Tance-1 01B	SSO	Template:Success
41	Y47	17 March 2022 07:09	JSLC, SLS-2	Yaogan 34-02	LEO	Template:Success
42	Y38	6 April 2022 23:47	JSLC, SLS-2	Gaofen 3-03	SSO	Template:Success
43	Y28	15 April 2022 18:16	TSLC, LA-9	Daqi-1 (AEMS)	SSO	Template:Success
44	Y46	27 June 2022 15:46	JSLC, SLS-2	Gaofen 12-03	SSO	Template:Success
45	Y52	2 September 2022 23:44	JSLC, SLS-2	Yaogan 33-02	SSO	Template:Success
46	Y48	15 November 2022 01:38	JSLC, SLS-2	Yaogan 34-03	LEO	Template:Success
47	Y57	12 December 2022 08:22	JSLC, SLS-2	Shiyan-20A Shiyan-20B	LEO	Template:Success
48	Y51	9 March 2023 22:41	TSLC, LA-9	Tianhui-6A Tianhui-6B	SSO	Template:Success
49	Y49	31 March 2023 06:27	JSLC, SLS-2	Yaogan 34-04	LEO	Template:Success
50	Y44	3 August 2023 03:47	JSLC, SLS-2	Fengyun 3F	SSO	Template:Success
51	Y56	20 August 2023 17:45	JSLC, SLS-2	Gaofen 12-04	SSO	Template:Success
52	Y53	6 September 2023 18:14	JSLC, SLS-2	Yaogan 33-03	SSO	Template:Success
53	Y54	26 September 2023 20:15	JSLC, SLS-2	Yaogan 33-04	SSO	Template:Success
54	Y50	11 May 2024 23:43	JSLC, SLS-2	Shiyan-23	SSO	Template:Success
55	Y59	15 October 2024 23:45	JSLC, SLS-2	Gaofen 12-05	SSO	Template:Success

See also

• Long March 4B
• Long March (rocket family)
• Medium-lift launch vehicle

External links

• CZ-4C Long March Space Launch Vehicle GlobalSecurity.org