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Long March 4B | Zi Yuan-2 02 xing
China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLaunch Successful

Zi Yuan-2 02 xing

Long March 4B

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LAUNCH SITETaiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Mission

JB-3 2 was nominally a Chinese (PRC) remote sensing satellite, although US intelligence sources indicated it had primarily an intelligence imaging mission. JB-3 2 was the name adopted by the USSPACECOM. Most news reports from China and elsewhere use different names: ZY-2B (acronym for ZiYuan-2B, translated as Resource-2B), and Zhong Guo Zi Yuan Er Hao, translated as China Resource 2. No information was available on the instruments onboard the JB-3 2, but officially it was intended 'for territorial survey, environment monitoring and protection, urban planning, crop yield assessment, disaster monitoring, and space scientific experiments'.

Launch vehicle
Long March 4B
Mission type
Earth Science
Destination orbit
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Launch pad
Launch Complex 7
Provider
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

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Long March 4B
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Launch vehicle

Long March 4B

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 Center, it is a 3-stage rocket, used mostly to place satellites into low Earth and sun synchronous orbits.

Height
44.1 m
Diameter
3.35 m
Stages
3
Recorded launches
56
First flight
1999-05-10

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Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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