China Launch Vehicle Flight History Page 3 of 3
                         Comprehensive Orbital Failure List

Date        Vehicle          ID      Site       Payload             Failure Description                      Result#
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9/18/1973   Feng Bao 1       FB1-2   JQ LA2B   JSSW                 failed to orbit                            FTO
7/12/1974   Feng Bao 1       FB1-3   JQ LA2B   JSSW                 failed to orbit                            FTO
11/5/1974   Chang Zheng 2A   CZ2-1   JQ LA2B   FSW                  2nd stg engine lost thrust                 FTO
11/10/1976  Feng Bao 1       FB1-7   JQ LA2B   JSSW                 failed to orbit                            FTO
7/28/1979   Feng Bao 1       FB1-10  JQ LA2B   SJ-2                 failed to orbit                            FTO
1/29/1984   Chang Zheng 3    CZ3-1   XSC LC1   STW                  3rd stg failure                           (EEO)
12/28/1991  Chang Zheng 3    CZ3-8   XSC LC1   Zhongxing 4 (STTW-5) 3rd stg failure                           (EEO)
12/21/1992  Chang Zheng 2E   CZ2E-3  XSC LC2   Optus B2             PL fairing failure 45 sec, sat xplded     (LEO)
1/25/1995   Chang Zheng 2E   CZ2E-5  XSC LC2   Apstar 2             Exploded 51 sec due wind shear             FTO
2/14/1996   Chang Zheng 3B   CZ3B-1  XSC LC2   Intelsat 708         Crashed near pad (guidance IMU amp fail)   FTO
8/18/1996   Chang Zheng 3    CZ3-11  XSC LC1   Zhongxing 7          3rd stg failure                           (EEO)
9/15/2002   KT-1             KT1-1   TYSC      Tsinghua-2           3rd or 4th stage failure                   FTO
9/16/2003   KT-1             KT1-2   TYSC      PS2                  4th stage failure?                         FTO
8/31/2009   Chang Zheng 3B   CZ3B12  XSC LC2   Palapa D1            stg2 2nd burn short (gas gen burn thru)   [EEO]
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Footnotes:

#  FTO:  Failed to Orbit
   (EEO):  Unintended Eliptical Earth Orbit
   (GTO):  Unintended Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit
   (LEO):  Unintended Low Earth Orbit

"DF" = Dong Feng (ballistic missile)
"FB" = Feng Bao (based on DF-5 missile)
"CZ" = Chang Zheng (Long March) (CZ-2, 3, and 4 based on DF-5 missile, 
                                 CZ-1 based on DF-3 missile)
"KT" = Kaitouzha (based on DF-31 missile)

"JQ" = Jiuquan (57-70 deg inclination orbits, recoverable payloads)
"XSC" = Xichang Space Center (GTO launch site, supports LH2 stages)
"TYSC" = Taiyuan Space Center (LEO polar or sun synchronous orbits) 


References:

Jonathan's Space Report Launch Vehicle Database "http://www.planet4589.org/space/lvdb/index.html"
Encylopedia Astronautica "http://www.astronautix.com/"
Gunter's Space Page "http://www.skyrocket.de/space"
Go Taikonauts web site "http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/1921/launch.htm"
China Great Wall web site "http://space.cgwic.com"
TRW Space Log 1957-1996, TRW Space & Electronics Group, Redondo Beach, CA. 

Last Update 01/08/2009 by Ed Kyle