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Long March 4B
Long March 4B is an expendable orbital launch vehicle built by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. It stands 44.1 m tall, lifts 4,200 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 10 May 1999. It has flown 57 times with 56 successes, a success rate of 98.2%. It has no flight on the public manifest at the moment.
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About Long March 4B
The Long March 4B (Chinese: 长征四号乙火箭), also known as the Chang Zheng 4B, CZ-4B and LM-4B is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. Launched from Launch Complex 1 at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, it is a 3-stage rocket, used mostly to place satellites into low Earth and sun synchronous orbits.
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Manifest
No Long March 4B flight is filed in the current manifest window. Missions appear here the moment a launch date is published.
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- How many times has Long March 4B flown?
- Long March 4B has flown 57 orbital missions, with 56 successes and 1 failures.
- What is Long March 4B's success rate?
- Long March 4B has a success rate of 98.2%, from 56 successful flights out of 57 attempts.
- When is the next Long March 4B launch?
- Long March 4B has no flight on the public manifest at the moment. Scheduled missions appear here as soon as a launch date is filed.
- How much can Long March 4B lift to orbit?
- Long March 4B is rated for 4,200 kg to low Earth orbit and 1,500 kg to geostationary transfer orbit. These are the operator's published maximums and assume an expendable or fully optimised configuration.
- Is Long March 4B reusable?
- No. Long March 4B is expendable: every stage is discarded during flight and nothing is recovered for reflight.