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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
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165:Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
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372:320.2 kN (72,000 lb
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241:4,180 kg (9,220 lb)
225:17.835 m (58.51 ft)
421:4.565 m (14.98 ft)
330:7.486 m (24.56 ft)
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79:29.86 m (98.0 ft)
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303:About 130 seconds
133:Associated rockets
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1072:Long March 3
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1028:Long March 1
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958:the original
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908:"Long March"
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884:问鼎苍穹:共和国航天纪实
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198:3 March 1971
187:First flight
161:Launch sites
45:Manufacturer
29:Long March 1
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918:16 December
591:Launch site
495:Polysulfide
217:First stage
195:Last flight
179:Success(es)
113:Payload to
1297:Categories
1229:Commercial
1023:Feng Bao 1
967:2 December
793:References
490:Propellant
485:38 seconds
450:Powered by
442:Gross mass
434:Empty mass
399:Propellant
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351:Gross mass
343:Empty mass
308:Propellant
254:Powered by
246:Gross mass
238:Empty mass
142:Long March
1271:Wang Xiji
1266:Designers
704:Shijian 1
559:Wang Xiji
482:Burn time
391:Burn time
300:Burn time
108:Capacity
1224:Wenchang
937:(eds.).
912:Archived
868:21 April
842:21 April
816:21 April
810:Archived
728:See also
719:Success
673:Success
606:Function
426:Diameter
335:Diameter
230:Diameter
84:Diameter
1236:Xichang
1219:Taiyuan
1214:Jiuquan
1016:Rockets
640:Jiuquan
616:Outcome
596:Payload
545:History
541:class.
493:Solid:
156:Retired
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418:Height
327:Height
222:Height
153:Status
138:Family
100:Stages
76:Height
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644:LA-2A
621:Notes
611:Decay
601:Orbit
510:[
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363:YF-3A
316:AK27S
263:YF-1A
261:(4 x
259:YF-2A
66:China
1087:3B/E
969:2023
948:ISBN
920:2020
888:ISBN
870:2015
844:2015
818:2015
768:ICBM
764:DF-4
708:LEO
551:DF-4
539:DF-4
531:CZ-1
521:The
403:UDMH
312:UDMH
121:Mass
92:Mass
71:Size
57:CAST
53:CASC
661:MEO
584:GMT
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