Long March 2-D

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• Property
  The Long March 2 - D carrier rocket was developed on the basis of the first and second stages of the Long March 4 carrier rocket. With a takeoff thrust of 300 tons, it has the single-satellite and multi-satellite launch capability required by LEO and SSO. With a capacity of 4 tons in low earth orbit, the corresponding 700 km solar synchronous orbit carrying capacity is 1.3t, with high reliability, high safety, low cost, short period of launch characteristics.

• Honor earned
  The development of the Long March-2 Ding rocket was initiated in 1990, and the first successful launch of the recoverable satellite on 9 August 1992. In January 2012, Long March 2 Ding rocket was awarded the title of "Gold Rocket" by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. The rocket is the shortest test launch cycle of China's active liquid carrier rocket at the launch site.

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