The Long March 2D also known as the Chang Zheng 2D, CZ-2D and LM-2D, is a Chinese orbit

Orbit

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al carrier rocket. It is a 2-stage carrier rocket mainly used for launching LEO

Low Earth orbit

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 and SSO

SSO

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 satellites. It is mainly launched from areas 2B and 2S at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is a People's Republic of China space vehicle launch facility .The facility is part of Dongfeng Aerospace City , and is located in the Gobi desert, Ejin Banner , Alxa League , Inner Mongolia, situated about 1,600 km from Beijing.- History :It was founded in 1958,...

 but can be launched from China's other satellite launch centers. The Long March 2D made its maiden flight on 9 August 1992. It is most commonly used to launch FSW-2 and 3 reconnaissance satellites.

Launches

The Long March 2D made its maiden flight on 9 August 1992. It has so far had a perfect launch record of 15 consecutive successful launches. On 25 May 2007, a Long March 2D conducted China's 100th successful orbital launch, when it placed the Yaogan 2 satellite into orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China's Gansu Province.
It also successfully launched the Yaogan-4 satellite on 1 December 2008. This was the 113th launch of China's Long March series of rockets.