Related: A Long March 2D lifts off from Xichang carrying three Yaogan-39 satellites on Dec. 10, 2023. (Image credit: Ourspace) Little is publicly known about the Yaogan satellites.

A Long March 2D rocket launched in Shanxi province on Tuesday successfully placed four PIESAT-2 satellites into their designated orbits.

The Long March 2D second stage delivered three military satellites in June 2022 before falling unexpectedly back to Earth last week.

China Long March 2D launched the Yunhai-1 04 Earth observation satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The rocket sheds insulation tiles during launch, a normal occurrence.

Some upper stages, including China’s Long March 2D, restart their engines after delivering a payload into orbit and deorbit themselves to reduce space debris and the risk of collisions in orbit.

A Chinese Long March 2D rocket launched the Yaogan-37, Shiyan-22A and Shiyan-22B satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Jan. 13, 2023.

A Chinese Long March 2D rocket launched the Yaogan-39 remote sensing satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: China Central Television (CCTV ...

The Long March began just after midnight on Jan. 28, 1945, when Stalag Luft III, a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp in what is now Zagan, Poland, received the order to evacuate ...

Reflecting on my recent trip to take part in the 80th anniversary commemoration of the Long March, the words that keep coming to my mind are “once in a lifetime.” ...

A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying a space computing satellite constellation blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on May 14, 2025.

China launched a Long March 2D carrier rocket on Thursday afternoon to transport 41 satellites into space, setting a new national record for the most spacecraft launched in a single mission.

China launches Long March-2D carrier rocket with Yaogan-39 remote sensing satellite According to Xinhua, it was the 500th anniversary launch of the Long March series of rockets BEIJING, December 10.