# List of Long March launches (1980–1989)

This is a list of launches made by the Long March rocket family between 1980 and 1989.

## Launch history
### 1980–1984

| Date/time (UTC) | Date/time (UTC) | Rocket | Serial number | Launch site | Outcome |
| Date/time (UTC) | Date/time (UTC) | Payload | Separation orbit | Operator | Function |
| Remarks ||||
| 9 September 1982 07:19 | 9 September 1982 07:19 | Long March 2C | F-01 | Jiuquan, LA-2/138 | Successful |
| 9 September 1982 07:19 | 9 September 1982 07:19 | FSW-0 No.4 | Low Earth | | Reconnaissance |
| Maiden flight of Long March 2C. ||||
| 19 August 1983 06:00 | 19 August 1983 06:00 | Long March 2C | F-02 | Jiuquan, LA-2/138 | Successful |
| 19 August 1983 06:00 | 19 August 1983 06:00 | FSW-0 No.5 | Low Earth | | Reconnaissance |
| 29 January 1984 12:25 | 29 January 1984 12:25 | Long March 3 | F-01 | Xichang, LA-3 | Partial failure |
| 29 January 1984 12:25 | 29 January 1984 12:25 | STTW-T1 | Geosynchronous transfer (intended) Low Earth (achieved) | | Technology |
| Maiden flight of Long March 3, lower than planned orbit reached due to insufficient pressurization of the third stage engine during restart. ||||
| 8 April 1984 11:20 | 8 April 1984 11:20 | Long March 3 | F-02 | Xichang, LA-3 | Successful |
| 8 April 1984 11:20 | 8 April 1984 11:20 | STTW-T2 | Geosynchronous transfer | | Technology |
| First Chinese geostationary satellite ||||
| 12 September 1984 05:44 | 12 September 1984 05:44 | Long March 2C | F-03 | Jiuquan, LA-2/138 | Successful |
| 12 September 1984 05:44 | 12 September 1984 05:44 | FSW-0 No.6 | Low Earth | | Reconnaissance |

### 1985–1989

| Date/time (UTC) | Date/time (UTC) | Rocket | Serial number | Launch site | Outcome |
| Date/time (UTC) | Date/time (UTC) | Payload | Separation orbit | Operator | Function |
| Remarks ||||
| 21 October 1985 05:04 | 21 October 1985 05:04 | Long March 2C | F-04 | Jiuquan, LA-2/138 | Successful |
| 21 October 1985 05:04 | 21 October 1985 05:04 | FSW-0 No.7 | Low Earth | | Reconnaissance |
| 1 February 1986 12:37 | 1 February 1986 12:37 | Long March 3 | F-03 | Xichang, LA-3 | Successful |
| 1 February 1986 12:37 | 1 February 1986 12:37 | DFH-2A-T1 | Geosynchronous transfer | | Communication |
| 6 October 1986 05:40 | 6 October 1986 05:40 | Long March 2C | F-05 | Jiuquan, LA-2/138 | Successful |
| 6 October 1986 05:40 | 6 October 1986 05:40 | FSW-0 No.8 | Low Earth | | Reconnaissance |
| 5 August 1987 06:39 | 5 August 1987 06:39 | Long March 2C | F-06 | Jiuquan, LA-2/138 | Successful |
| 5 August 1987 06:39 | 5 August 1987 06:39 | FSW-0 No.9 | Low Earth | | Reconnaissance |
| 9 September 1987 07:15 | 9 September 1987 07:15 | Long March 2C | F-07 | Jiuquan LA-2/138 | Successful |
| 9 September 1987 07:15 | 9 September 1987 07:15 | FSW-1 No.1 | Low Earth | | Reconnaissance |
| 7 March 1988 12:41 | 7 March 1988 12:41 | Long March 3 | F-04 | Xichang LA-3 | Successful |
| 7 March 1988 12:41 | 7 March 1988 12:41 | Chinasat-1 (DFH-2A-T2) | Geosynchronous transfer | | Communication |
| 5 August 1988 07:29 | 5 August 1988 07:29 | Long March 2C | F-08 | Jiuquan LA-2/138 | Successful |
| 5 August 1988 07:29 | 5 August 1988 07:29 | FSW-1 No.2 | Low Earth | | Reconnaissance |
| 6 September 1988 20:30 | 6 September 1988 20:30 | Long March 4A | F-01 | Taiyuan LA-7 | Successful |
| 6 September 1988 20:30 | 6 September 1988 20:30 | Fengyun-1A | Sun synchronous | | Meteorology |
| Maiden flight of Long March 4A. ||||
| 22 December 1988 12:40 | 22 December 1988 12:40 | Long March 3 | F-05 | Xichang LA-3 | Successful |
| 22 December 1988 12:40 | 22 December 1988 12:40 | Chinasat-2 (DFH-2A-T3) | Geosynchronous transfer | | Communication |
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## Sources

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* McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
* Krebs, Gunter. "DF-5 family". Retrieved 6 June 2019.