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| Long March 2D |
Long March 2D |
| Fact sheet |
| Function |
Carrier rocket |
| Manufacturer |
CALT |
| Country of origin |
 People's Republic of China |
| Size |
| Height |
35.07 metres (115.1 ft)[1] |
| Diameter |
3.35 metres (11.0 ft)[1] |
| Mass |
232,250 kilograms (512,000 lb)[1] |
| Stages |
2 |
| Capacity |
Payload to
LEO |
3,500 kilograms (7,700 lb)[1] |
| Associated Rockets |
| Family |
Long March |
| Launch History |
| Status |
Active |
| Launch sites |
LA-2B/2S, JSLC |
| Total launches |
8 |
| Successes |
8 |
| Maiden flight |
9 August 1992 |
The Long March 2D, also known as the Chang Zheng 2D, CZ-2D and LM-2D, is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. Launched from areas 2B and 2S at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, it is a 2-stage carrier rocket. The Long March 2D made its maiden flight on 9 August 1992. It is most commonly used to launch FSW-2 and 3 reconnaissance satellites. On 25 May 2007, a Long March 2D conducted China's 100th successful orbital launch, when it placed the Yaogan 2 satellite into orbit.
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Ariane 5 · Atlas V · Cosmos-3M · Delta II · Delta IV · Dnepr · GSLV · H-IIA · Long March (1D, 2C, 2D, 2F, 3A, 3B, 3C, 4B, 4C) · Minotaur · Pegasus · Proton · PSLV · Rockot · Shavit · Shtil' · Start-1 · Strela · Soyuz (U, FG, 2) · Taurus · Tsyklon-3 · Volna · Zenit
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Ariane (1, 2, 3, 4) · Athena · Atlas (ICBM derived, I, II, III) · Black Arrow · Delta III · Diamant · Energia · Europa · H-II · J-I · Juno I · Juno II · Lambda · Long March (1, 2A, 2E, 3, 4A) · Mu (V) · N1 · R-7 (Molniya (M), Polyot, Sputnik, Voskhod, Vostok) · Saturn (I, IB ,V, INT-21) · Scout · Sparta · Thor · Thor-Agena · Thor-Burner · Thorad-Agena · Titan (II, III, IIIB, 34D, IV) · Tsyklon (2) · Vanguard
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