Long March 4B

Long March 4B

Long March 4B
Function	Carrier rocket
Manufacturer	CALT
Country of origin	People's Republic of China
Size
Height	45.8 metres (150 ft)[1]
Diameter	3.35 metres (11.0 ft)[1]
Mass	249,200 kilograms (549,000 lb)[1]
Stages	3
Capacity
Payload to LEO	4,200 kilograms (9,300 lb)[2]
Payload to SSO	2,800 kilograms (6,200 lb)[2]
Payload to GTO	1,500 kilograms (3,300 lb)[2]
Associated rockets
Family	Long March
Derivatives	Long March 4C
Launch history
Status	Active
Launch sites	LC-1, TSLC
Total launches	12
Successes	12
Maiden flight	10 May 1999

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 Centre, it is a 3-stage rocket, used mostly to place satellites into low Earth and sun synchronous orbits. It was first launched on 10 May 1999, with the FY-1C weather satellite, which would later be used in the 2007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Mark Wade. "CZ-4B". Encyclopedia Astronautica. http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/cz4b.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-27. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Gunter Krebs. "CZ-4B (Chang Zheng-4B)". Gunter's Space Page. http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau_det/cz-4b.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-27.