SPACE LAUNCH REPORT
          Jielong-3 Launch Vehicle Flight History 
               by Variant/Year (2020-2023)
                 Last Update:  12/31/2023
                      by Ed Kyle
                      Page 1 of 1:  

       L(F) = Number of Launches(Number of Failures)  
          
       Jielong-3                                    Grand
                                                    Total
Year     L(F)       L(F)       L(F)       L(F)       L(F) 
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2020      -          -          -          -          -
2021      -          -          -          -          -
2022     1(0)        -          -          -         1(0)
2023     1(0)        -          -          -         1(0)
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       Jielong-3                                    Grand
                                                    Total
         L(F)       L(F)       L(F)       L(F)       L(F)       
------------------------------------------------------------------
Suborb    -          -          -          -          - 
Orbit    2(0)        -          -          -         2(0) 
Total    2(0)        -          -          -         2(0)
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              JIELONG 3 (DF-3) LAUNCH HISTORY

DATE     VEHICLE    ID  PAYLOAD              MASS(t) SITE*  ORBIT*
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12/09/22 Jielong 3  Y1  8xJILIN GF + 6sats     ~1.0   YL TR   SSO
12/05/23 Jielong 3  Y2  WHJS-03                       YL BJ   LEO
02/03/24 Jielong 3  Y3  9sats                  ~1.0   SC      SSO  
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NOTES by Vehicle ID

[Y1] 0635 UTC.  Inaugural launch of Jielong 3 4-stage solid fuel 
     rocket.  14 sats.  From Tai Rui "TR" barge in Yellow Sea.

[Y2] 1924 UTC.  904x922 km x 86.49 deg. From Borun Jiuzhou "BJ".

[Y3] 0303 UTC.         



                   Vehicle Configurations

==================================================================
              Payload        Config.         Height       Mass     
              (tonnes)                      (meters)     (tonnes)   
      (1) 200 km x 40 deg                     
      (2) 500 km x 98 deg     
==================================================================
Jielong 3   2.0 t (1)        4-stg solid     31.8 m       145 t   
            1.5 t (2)         
==================================================================


                     Vehicle Components          
  	
                  Stg 1    Stg 2      Stg 3      Stg 4     PLF   
==================================================================
Diameter (m)      2.65     2.65        ~2         ~2       3.35       
Length (m)       
Mp (tonnes) 	     	  	 
GLOW (tonnes) 	  71 t	  	 
Propellant 	  Solid    Solid      Solid      Solid 
                                                 +liquid   	  	 
                                                 verniers
T (SL tonnes) 	  200   	  	      
T (VAC tonnes) 	           100        50          10
ISP (Vac sec) 	 
Burn Time (sec)            	  	 
Engines/Motors     1        1         1          1 + 4 
                                                 liquid
                                                 verniers  
Engine 	        	  	 
Mfgr                
==================================================================	  	 


*ABBREVIATIONS

SITE

JQ:  Jiquin Satellite Launch Center 
SC:  South China Sea
YL:  Yellow Sea

ORBIT

LEO:  LOW EARTH ORBIT
LEO/S:  SUN SYNCHRONOUS LOW EARTH ORBIT
SUB:  SUB-ORBITAL MISSION
[FTO]:  FAILED TO ORBIT
[LEO]:  UNPLANNED LEO






                 SPACE LAUNCH REPORT

              Jielong 3 (Smart Dragon 3)
          China Solid Fuel Smallsat Launcher

                    by:  Ed Kyle
            Last Update: December 05, 2023

Zhongguo Changzheng Houjian YG (China Long March Rocket Co.) is a 
commercial spinoff of the govt CALT launch provider. First launch 
of their Jielong-3 was at 0635 UTC Dec 9, 2022 from the Tai Rui 
barge in the Yellow Sea near 123.7E 37.3N

Jielong 3, also identified as Smart Dragon 3 (SD-3), appears to 
use the same lower stages as ZK-1A.  It is able to lift 1.5 tonnes
to a 500 km sun synchronous orbit while sporting a 3.35 meter 
diameter payload fairing, wider than the ZK-1A fairing.  The 
identifier "SD-3" is written in large letters on the side of the 
Jielong 3 fairing.  The first three stages are solid motors.  The
fourth stage is a solid motor supported in a frame that also hosts
a liquid reaction control system.

CAS Space, spun off from state-owned Chinese Academy of Sciences, 
developed Lijian 1 (ZK-1A) to serve the small satellite market.  
It is a four-stage solid propellant launch vehicle able to boost 
1.5 tonnes to a 500 km sun synchronous orbit, or 2 tonnes to a 
200 km x 40 deg orbit.  It became China's most powerful 
solid propellant launcher with a successful inaugural launch on 
July 27, 2022 from Jiquan Satellite Launch Center.  New Launch 
Pad 43/130 at Jiquan hosted the launch.

"Jielong 1" = Smart Dragon 1.  4-stg solid fuel rocket.  
              Uses mobile TEL.  
              19.5 meters x 1.2 meters, 23.1 tonnes GLOW, 
              150 kg to 700 km SSO 
              200 kg to 500 km SSO.  
              Stg 4 mounted above the payload, rotates 
              180 deg after separation before igniting.

"Jielong 3" = 4-stg solid fuel rocket.  Same lower stages as 
              Lijian-1 (ZK-1A). 
              2.65 m diameter.  
              The first three stages are solid motors.  The fourth
              stage is a solid motor supported in a frame that 
              also hosts a liquid reaction control system.