The Long March 1 (长征一号), also known as the Changzheng-1 (CZ-1), was the first member of China's
Long March rocket family
Long may refer to:
Measurement
* Long, characteristic of something of great duration
* Long, characteristic of something of great length
* Longitude (abbreviation: long.), a geographic coordinate
* Longa (music), note value in early music mens ...
. 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.
History
Development started in January 1965 as the Seventh Ministry of Machinery Industry issued a design task. The two stage liquid fueled
DF-4 was modified by adding a third stage in order to make it to the desired orbit. Long March 1's second flight launched China's first satellite
Dong Fang Hong 1 to space on 24 April 1970. The rocket was operational during 1970–1971.
Wang Xiji was the chief designer of the rocket.
Launch History
See also
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DF-4 -
ICBM on which this rocket is based
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Long March 1D
The Long March 1D was a member of China's Long March rocket family. During the 1990s CALT developed an improved version of the DF-4 to test the reentry vehicle warheads of the DF-31. They took advantage of this development and offered it as the L ...
- Other member of this rocket family
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YF-2A - Main propulsion module
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FG-02
The FG-02 was a Chinese solid rocket motor burning Polysulfide. It was developed by China Hexi Chemical and Machinery Corporation (also known as the 6th Academy of CASIC) for use in the Long March 1 third stage. It has a total nominal mass of , ...
- Upper stage
References
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Long March (rocket family)
Vehicles introduced in 1970