Under the geostationary communications satellite programme (Project 331), the Shanghai-based 8th Academy (SAST) and the Beijing-based 1st Academy (CALT) each submitted their proposal for the launch vehicle. With CALT’s Long March 3 design becoming successful in 1984, the SAST design became redundant but not abandoned. Instead, it was revived a few years later as the Long March 4A under the meteorological satellite programme (Project 771).
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Long March 2
The Long March 2 (Chang Zheng 2, or CZ-2) is the longest-serving space launch vehicle family in China, responsible for sending the country’s first recoverable satellite and the first human spaceflight mission to orbit.
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The Long March 2 (Chang Zheng 2, or CZ-2) is the longest-serving space launch vehicle family in China, responsible for sending the country’s first recoverable satellite and the first human spaceflight mission to orbit.
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