List of Long March launches (1970–1979)

This is a list of launches made by the Long March rocket family between 1970 and 1979.

Launch statistics

1 1970 '71 '72 '73 '74 '75 '76 '77 '78 '79

Date/time (UTC)	Rocket	Serial number	Launch site	Outcome
	Payload	Separation orbit	Operator	Function
	Remarks
24 April 1970 13:35	Long March 1	F-01	Jiuquan, LA-2/5020	Successful
	Dong Fang Hong 1	Low Earth	CAST	Technology
	First Chinese satellite. Maiden flight of Long March 1.
3 March 1971 12:15	Long March 1	F-02	Jiuquan, LA-2/5020	Successful
	Shijian 1	Low Earth	CAST	Science and technology
	Final flight of Long March 1.
5 November 1974 09:40	Long March 2	F-01	Jiuquan, LA-2/138	Failure
	FSW-0 No.0	Low Earth (planned)		Reconnaissance
	Maiden flight of Long March 2. Loss of control during ascent due to a broken control wire.

Date/time (UTC)	Rocket	Serial number	Launch site	Outcome
	Payload	Separation orbit	Operator	Function
	Remarks
16 November 1975 03:29	Long March 2A	F-02	Jiuquan, LA-2/138	Successful
16 November 1975 03:29	FSW-0 No.1	Low Earth		Reconnaissance
7 December 1976 04:38	Long March 2A	F-03	Jiuquan, LA-2/138	Successful
7 December 1976 04:38	FSW-0 No.2	Low Earth		Reconnaissance
26 January 1978 04:58	Long March 2A	F-04	Jiuquan, LA-2/138	Successful
	FSW-0 No.3	Low Earth		Reconnaissance
	Final flight of Long March 2A.

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v t e Long March (rocket family)
Rockets	Feng Bao 1 Long March 1 1D Long March 2 2A 2C 2D 2E 2F Long March 3 3A 3B 3B/E 3C Long March 4 4A 4B 4C Long March 5 5B Long March 6 6A 6C Long March 7 7A Long March 8 8A Long March 9 Long March 10 Long March 11 11H Long March 12
Launch sites	Jiuquan Taiyuan Wenchang Commercial Xichang
Manufacturers	China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology
Designers	Wang Xiji
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