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| Attribute | |
|---|---|
| Company | CASC / SAST |
| Country | 🇨🇳 China |
| Status | Active |
| Vehicle class | Medium |
| Propellant | UDMH / N₂O₄ (hypergolic all stages) |
| Reusable | No |
| Stages | 2 |
| First flight | 1992 |
| Payload to LEO | 3,500 kgas of [1]SSO capacity ~1,300 kg; standard LEO 3,500 kg |
| Payload to GTO | — |
| Height | 41.06 mas of [1] |
| Liftoff mass | 232 tas of [1] |
| Success rate | 98.7%as of [2]~77/78 successes; one known failure (CZ-2D Y7, Mar 1995 upper-stage anomaly) |
| Total flights | ~78as of [2] |
| Cost / kg LEO | — |
| Summary | China's most-used sun-synchronous and polar orbit workhorse for small-to-medium military and commercial Earth observation satellites. Launched from Jiuquan and Taiyuan. Uses storable hypergolic propellants for high launch-readiness but produces toxic exhaust. |
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