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Long March 4B

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Long March 4B
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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 expendable orbital launch vehicle. Launched from Launch Complex 1 at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, it is a 3-stage launch vehicle, used mostly to place satellites into low Earth orbit and Sun-synchronous orbits. It was first launched on 10 May 1999, with the FY-1C weather satellite, which would later be the target in the 2007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test.

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The Chang Zheng 4B experienced its only launch failure on 9 December 2013, with the loss of the CBERS-3 satellite.[4]

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Rendering of Long March 4B
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Launch statistics

Number of launches, by year.

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2
3
4
5
1999
2005
2010
2015
2020
2025
  •   Failure
  •   Partial failure
  •   Success
  •   Planned

List of launches

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