CZ-2C launch - 17,017 bytes. 176 x 521 pixels.

Definitive low earth orbit launch vehicle derived from DF-5 ICBM, FB-1 launch vehicle. Provided basis for subsequent family of launch vehicles.The Long March 2C was a two-stage launch vehicle with storable propellants, suitable for launching a variety of low earth orbit satellites. The CZ-2C's typical payload capability was 2,800 kg into a 200 km circular orbit. The CZ-2C could be launched from either the Jiuquan or Taiyuan launch sites. On October 6, 1992, the Swedish Freja satellite was successfully launched as a copassenger on the CZ-2C's thirteenth flight.

Launches: 21. Failures: 0. Success Rate: 100.00% pct. First Launch Date: 26 November 1975. Last Launch Date: 11 June 1999. LEO Payload: 3,900 kg. to: 200 km Orbit. at: 28.0 degrees. Payload: 2,200 kg. to a: 200 km, 90 deg inclination orbital trajectory. Liftoff Thrust: 302,000 kgf. Total Mass: 192,000 kg. Core Diameter: 3.4 m. Total Length: 35.1 m. Launch Price $: 25.00 million. in 1999 price dollars.

• Stage Number: 1. 1 x CZ-2C-1 Gross Mass: 153,000 kg. Empty Mass: 10,000 kg. Thrust (vac): 336,000 kgf. Isp: 291 sec. Burn time: 122 sec. Isp(sl): 261 sec. Diameter: 3.4 m. Span: 6.0 m. Length: 20.5 m. Propellants: N2O4/UDMH No Engines: 4. YF-20A

• Stage Number: 2. 1 x CZ-2C-2 Gross Mass: 39,000 kg. Empty Mass: 4,000 kg. Thrust (vac): 77,700 kgf. Isp: 295 sec. Burn time: 130 sec. Isp(sl): 270 sec. Diameter: 3.4 m. Span: 3.4 m. Length: 7.5 m. Propellants: N2O4/UDMH No Engines: 1. YF-22A/23A

• China 4 Spacecraft: FSW. Payload: FSW-1 No. 01. Mass: 2,500 kg.

  Photo surveillance; film capsule.

• FSW RV Spacecraft: FSW.

• China 7 Spacecraft: FSW. Payload: FSW-1 No. 02. Mass: 2,500 kg.

  Photo surveillance; film capsule.

• FSW RV Spacecraft: FSW.

• China 8 Spacecraft: FSW. Payload: FSW-1 No. 03. Mass: 2,500 kg.

  Photo surveillance; film capsule; capsule returned 1/30.

• FSW RV Spacecraft: FSW.

• China 12 Spacecraft: FSW. Payload: FSW-1 No. 04. Mass: 2,500 kg.

  Photo surveillance; film capsule.

• FSW RV Spacecraft: FSW.

• China 13 Spacecraft: FSW. Payload: FSW-1 No. 05. Mass: 2,500 kg.

  Photo surveillance; film capsule.

• FSW RV Spacecraft: FSW.

• China 16 Spacecraft: FSW. Payload: FSW-1 No. 06. Mass: 2,500 kg.

  Photo surveillance; film capsule.

• FSW RV Spacecraft: FSW.

• China 17 Spacecraft: FSW. Payload: FSW-1 No. 07. Mass: 2,500 kg.

  Photo surveillance; film capsule.

• FSW RV Spacecraft: FSW.

• China 19 Spacecraft: FSW. Payload: FSW-1 No. 08. Mass: 2,500 kg.

  Capsule re-entered 10/11/86.

• FSW RV Spacecraft: FSW.

• China 20 Spacecraft: FSW. Payload: FSW-1 No. 09. Mass: 2,500 kg.

  Microgravity experiments; return capsule recovered 8/10.

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• FSW RV Spacecraft: FSW.

• China 21 Spacecraft: FSW. Payload: FSW-1 No. 10. Mass: 2,500 kg.

  Return capsule recovered 9/17.

• FSW RV Spacecraft: FSW.

• China 23 Spacecraft: FSW. Payload: FSW-1 No. 11. Mass: 1,700 kg.

  German crystal growth experiment in recoverable capsule.

• FSW RV Spacecraft: FSW.

• China 33 Spacecraft: FSW. Payload: FSW-1 No. 12. Mass: 2,400 kg.

  Biological research; Fanhui Shu Weixing.

• FSW RV Spacecraft: FSW.

• Freja Spacecraft: Freja. Payload: FSW-1 4 / Freja. Mass: 259 kg.

  Ionospheric, auroral, amgnetospheric studies. Freja is a Swedish/German satellite designed for research into the aurora. The satellite was launched piggyback on a Long March 2C (CZ-2C) rocket and weighs 214 kg in orbit. It is a sun-pointing spinner (10 rpm) with a 2.2 m diameter. It will make high re solution measurements in the upper ionosphere and lower magnetosphere. Data will be received at Esrange, Kiruna, Sweden and at the Prince Albert Satellite Station in Canada's Saskatchewan Province. Launch time 0620 UT.

• Freja Spacecraft: Freja.

• China 38 Spacecraft: FSW. Payload: FSW-1 No. 13. Mass: 2,100 kg.

  Fanhui Shi Weixing; remote sensing, microgravity experiments; capsule recovered 10/13/92. Second stage of a two stage rocket. Aug 9 launch: designation 03. Oct 6 launch: designation 04.

• Jianbing-93 P/L(2) Spacecraft: FSW. Payload: FSW-1 No. 14. Mass: 2,099 kg.

  Microgravity; retrievable capsule ejected into higher orbit.

• FSW-1 RV Spacecraft: FSW. Payload: FSW-1 RV.

• 42 - Isakowitz, Steven J,, International Reference to Space Launch Systems Second Edition, AIAA, Washington DC, 1991.
• 61 - Wilson, Andrew, editor,, Jane's/Interavia Space Directory, Jane's Information Group, Coulsdon, Surrey, 1992 et al.