Long March 2D launch – photo from Chinese media. Launch profile of the Long March-2D starts with engine ignition at 1.2 seconds before lift-off.

China launched another orbital mission from its Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center using a Long March-2D (Chang Zheng-2D) launch vehicle on Friday orbiting several satellites along with primary ...

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.

China's Long March 2D rocket launched the Yaogan-36 series remote sensing satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on Dec. 15, 2022.

See photos of China's Long March rockets and read more about the history of the Changzheng rocket family in this slideshow.

Next, a Long March-2D rocket was launched carrying eight satellites including a Jilin 1 satellite which will be used for Earth observation tasks.

A Chinese Long March 2D rocket launched four satellites, two for China and two for Argentinian company Satellogic, into orbit from the Taiyun Satellite Launch Center on Jan. 15, 2020.(Image credit ...

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

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 Shijian 12 scientific research satellite June 15 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China’s Gansu Province, according to China’s Xinhua ...

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

The four-ton component of a Chang Zheng 2D ‘Long March’ rocket punched through the atmosphere on Wednesday over Texas at 17,000 miles per hour and disintegrated, two defense officials ...