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Family: Long March. Country: China. Status: Hardware.
Launch vehicle derived from DF-5 ICBM. Very similar to CZ-2C.
SpecificationsLaunches: 11. Failures: 4. Success Rate: 63.64% pct. First Launch Date: 10 August 1972. Last Launch Date: 19 September 1981. LEO Payload: 2,500 kg. to: 200 km Orbit. Liftoff Thrust: 273,180 kgf. Total Mass: 191,700 kg. Core Diameter: 3.4 m. Total Length: 33.0 m. Flyaway Unit Cost $: 6.00 million. in 1985 unit dollars.
- Stage Number: 1. 1 x FB-1-1 Gross Mass: 150,400 kg. Empty Mass: 10,000 kg. Thrust (vac): 306,000 kgf. Isp: 289 sec. Burn time: 128 sec. Isp(sl): 258 sec. Diameter: 3.4 m. Span: 3.4 m. Length: 20.1 m. Propellants: N2O4/UDMH No Engines: 4. YF-20A
- Stage Number: 2. 1 x FB-1-2 Gross Mass: 38,300 kg. Empty Mass: 3,500 kg. Thrust (vac): 77,700 kgf. Isp: 295 sec. Burn time: 127 sec. Isp(sl): 270 sec. Diameter: 3.4 m. Span: 3.4 m. Length: 7.4 m. Propellants: N2O4/UDMH No Engines: 1. YF-22/23
FB-1 Chronology
1972 Aug 10 - Launch Site: Jiuquan .
- R&D suborbital
Suborbital.
1973 Sep 18 - LV Configuration: Feng Bao 1 s/n FB1-2. Launch Site: Jiuquan . Launch Complex: LA2. FAILURE: Failure.
- JSSW 1 Spacecraft: JSSW. Payload: JSSW 1.
1974 Jul 14 - LV Configuration: Feng Bao 1 s/n FB1-3. Launch Site: Jiuquan . Launch Complex: LA2. FAILURE: Failure.
- JSSW 2 Spacecraft: JSSW. Payload: JSSW 2.
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1975 Jul 26 - - 13:28 GMT. LV Configuration: Feng Bao 1 s/n FB1-4. Launch Site: Jiuquan . Launch Complex: LA2.
1975 Dec 16 - - 09:19 GMT. LV Configuration: Feng Bao 1 s/n FB1-5. Launch Site: Jiuquan . Launch Complex: LA2.
1976 Aug 30 - - 11:53 GMT. LV Configuration: Feng Bao 1 s/n FB1-6. Launch Site: Jiuquan . Launch Complex: LA2.
- China 6 Spacecraft: JSSW. Payload: JSSW 5. Mass: 1,108 kg.
1976 Nov 10 - LV Configuration: Feng Bao 1 s/n FB1-7. Launch Site: Jiuquan . Launch Complex: LA2. FAILURE: Failure.
- JSSW 6 Spacecraft: JSSW. Payload: JSSW 6.
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1977 Sep 14 - Launch Site: Jiuquan .
- Research and Development Flight
Suborbital.
1978 Apr 16 - Launch Site: Jiuquan .
- Research and Development Flight
Suborbital.
1979 Jul 28 - LV Configuration: Feng Bao 1 s/n FB1-10. Launch Site: Jiuquan . Launch Complex: LA2. FAILURE: Failure.
- SJ Spacecraft: SJ-1. Payload: SKW. Mass: 221 kg.
1981 Sep 19 - - 21:32 GMT. LV Configuration: Feng Bao 1 s/n FB1-11. Launch Site: Jiuquan . Launch Complex: LA2.
- China 11 Spacecraft: SJ-2A. Mass: 483 kg.
- China 10 Spacecraft: SJ-2C. Mass: 28 kg.
- China 9 Spacecraft: SJ-2B. Mass: 257 kg.
Bibliography:- 42 - Isakowitz, Steven J,, International Reference to Space Launch Systems Second Edition, AIAA, Washington DC, 1991.
- 61 - Wilson, Andrew, editor,, Jane's/Interavia Space Directory, Jane's Information Group, Coulsdon, Surrey, 1992 et al.
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