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DF 5. The DF-5 was designed under the leadership of Tu Shou'e 屠守锷 at the China Academy of Launch Technology (CALT); Li Xu'e [李绪鄂] served as deputy chief designer. . The missile was produced at China's Factory 211 (Capital Astronautics Co. [首都航天机械公司], also known as the Capital Machine Factory [首都机械厂
Rocket Serial number Launch site Outcome Payload: Separation orbit: Operator: ... "DF-5 family" This page was last edited on 23 January 2025, at 18:14 (UTC). ...
The first of the Dongfeng missiles, the DF-1 (SS-2, codenamed '1059', initially 'DF-1' , later the DF-3 [1]), was a licensed copy of the Soviet R-2 (SS-2 Sibling) short-range ballistic missile (SRBM), [2] based on the German V-2 rocket. The DF-1 had a single RD-101 rocket engine, and used alcohol for fuel with liquid oxygen (LOX) as an oxidizer ...
DF-4A China Factory 211 (Capital Astronautics Co.) 7,000 km 82,000 kg 3x 1 Mt Inactive 1975 Yes Silo 1,500 m 42 DF-31: China Academy of Rocket Motors Technology (ARMT) 8,000 km 42,000 kg 1 Mt Active 1999 (Reported) No Road-mobile TEL 150m 43 DF-31A: China Academy of Rocket Motors Technology (ARMT) 12,000 km 42,000 kg 3x 20/90/150 kt Active 2007
Long March 2 was the original model in the Long March 2 rocket family, which was derived from China's first ICBM, the DF-5. The development work began in 1970. The first rocket was launched on November 5, 1974, [1] but the launch failed. After the failed first launch of Long March 2, its design was slightly modified and designated as Long March 2A.
China's DF-26 IRBM is a two-stage missile capable of reaching targets out to roughly 4,000 km. The weapon entered service in 2016 after being officially unveiled during China's 2015 parade ...
The CZ-5 launch vehicle would consist of a 5.0-m diameter core stage and four 3.35-m diameter strap-on boosters, which would be able to send a ~22 tonne payload to low Earth orbit (LEO). Six CZ-5 variants were originally planned, [34] [35] but the light variants were cancelled in favor of CZ-6 and CZ-7 family launch vehicles. [citation needed]
In US service Trident II can be loaded with up to eight Mk-5 RVs with 475-kt W88 warheads, up to fourteen Mk-4A RVs with 90-kt W76-1 warheads, and up to fourteen Mk-4A RVs with 5–7-kt W76-2 warheads. [citation needed] In practice, each missile on average carries four warheads due to the warhead limitations placed by the New START treaty. [41]