Manufacturer | MAI, CASC, CAST |
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Country of origin | China |
Size | |
Height | 29.86 m (98.0 ft) |
Diameter | 2.25 m (7 ft 5 in) |
Mass | 81,570 kg (179,830 lb) |
Stages | 3 |
Capacity | |
Payload to Low Earth orbit | |
Mass | 300 kg (660 lb) |
Associated rockets | |
Family | Long March |
Launch history | |
Status | Retired |
Launch sites | Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center |
Total launches | 2 |
Success(es) | 2 |
First flight | 24 April 1970 |
Last flight | 3 March 1971 |
Type of passengers/cargo | Dong Fang Hong I |
First stage | |
Height | 17.835 m (58.51 ft) |
Diameter | 2.25 m (7 ft 5 in) |
Empty mass | 4,180 kg (9,220 lb) |
Gross mass | 65,250 kg (143,850 lb) |
Powered by | 1 YF-2A (4 x YF-1A) |
Maximum thrust | 1,101.2 kN (247,600 lbf) (sea level) 1,214.4 kN (273,000 lbf) (vacuum level) |
Specific impulse | 242.5 s (2.378 km/s) (sea level) 267.4 s (2.622 km/s) (vacuum level) |
Burn time | About 130 seconds [1] |
Propellant | UDMH/AK27S[2] |
Second stage | |
Height | 7.486 m (24.56 ft) |
Diameter | 2.25 m (7 ft 5 in) |
Empty mass | 2,340 kg (5,160 lb) |
Gross mass | 13,550 kg (29,870 lb) |
Powered by | YF-3A |
Maximum thrust | 320.2 kN (72,000 lbf) |
Specific impulse | 286.9 s (2.814 km/s) |
Burn time | About 126 seconds |
Propellant | UDMH/AK27S |
Third stage – FG-02 | |
Height | 4.565 m (14.98 ft) |
Diameter | 0.77 m (2 ft 6 in) |
Empty mass | 400 kg (880 lb) |
Gross mass | 2,200 kg (4,900 lb) |
Powered by | FG-02 |
Maximum thrust | 181 kN (41,000 lbf) |
Specific impulse | 254 s (2.49 km/s) |
Burn time | 38 seconds |
Propellant | Solid: Polysulfide/AP |
The Long March 1 (长征一号), also known as the Changzheng-1 (CZ-1),[3] was the first member of China's Long March rocket family.[4] Like the U.S.'s and the Soviet Union's first rockets, it was based on a class of ballistic missiles, namely the DF-4 class.[5]