Vehicle file · LV-64
Long March 4C
Long March 4C is an expendable orbital launch vehicle built by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. It first flew on 26 April 2006. It has flown 60 times with 58 successes, a success rate of 96.7%. It has no flight on the public manifest at the moment.
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Vehicle spec sheet
Flight record
Reliability
About 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 carrier rocket. It is launched from the Jiuquan, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre and Xichangs, and consists of 3 stages. Long March 4C vehicles have been used to launch the Yaogan-1, Yaogan-3 SAR satellites and the Fengyun-3A polar orbiting meteorological satellite. On December 15, 2009 a Long March 4C was used to launch Yaogan 8.
Upcoming flights
Manifest
No Long March 4C flight is filed in the current manifest window. Missions appear here the moment a launch date is published.
All upcoming launchesCommon questions
- How many times has Long March 4C flown?
- Long March 4C has flown 60 orbital missions, with 58 successes and 2 failures.
- What is Long March 4C's success rate?
- Long March 4C has a success rate of 96.7%, from 58 successful flights out of 60 attempts.
- When is the next Long March 4C launch?
- Long March 4C 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 4C lift to orbit?
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation has not published payload figures for Long March 4C.
- Is Long March 4C reusable?
- No. Long March 4C is expendable: every stage is discarded during flight and nothing is recovered for reflight.