China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLong March 3C/ELaunch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Chang'e 5-T1
Launched
October 23, 2014
Image: CCTV
Summary
Chang'e 5-T1 launched on a China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Long March 3C/E from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on October 23, 2014. It was China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 142nd launch, 8th this year and humanity's 5,416th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Long March 3C/E flight. The payload was bound for Lunar flyby (Lunar flyby). Chang'e-5 Feixing Shiyan Qi, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a -1,274 × 404,736 km orbit inclined 30.5°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
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- Vehicle
- Long March 3C/E · China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationChinese Lunar Exploration Program
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Lunar Exploration · Lunar flyby (Lunar flyby)
- Milestone
- 1st Long March 3C/E flightChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 142nd launch8th this yearhumanity's 5,416th orbital launch attempt67th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Chang'e-5 Feixing Shiyan Qi · NORAD 40283 · 2014-065 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2014-065A
- Epoch
- 2014-10-23 14:49:30 UTC
- Mean motion
- 0.09145111 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.975509
- Inclination
- 30.4737°
- Ascending node
- 296.6387°
- Arg. of perigee
- 146.2479°
- Mean anomaly
- 349.5224°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Lunar flyby. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage
- Chang'e-5 Feixing Shiyan Qi · NORAD 40283 · left Earth orbit October 24, 2014
CZ-3C Y12 Stage 3 · left Earth orbit October 24, 2014
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Chang'e 5-T1 was a Chinese test mission that flew a return capsule around the Moon on a free-return trajectory and recovered it after a skip re-entry, rehearsing the high-speed return for the Chang'e 5 sample-return mission. Its service module went on to lunar orbit, and it also carried the Manfred Memorial Moon Mission (4M) payload.
Pad
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
56th launch from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), 1st this year · 83rd from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
126 launches from this pad · 242 from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
307 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Chang'e 5-T1 launch?
Chang'e 5-T1 launched on October 23, 2014. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Chang'e 5-T1?
Coverage: Launch of Chinese Moon Probe Chang'e 5 T1 on a Long March 3C. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Chang'e 5-T1?
Long March 3C/E, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Long March 3C/E spec sheet
Where did Chang'e 5-T1 launch from?
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
What orbit did Chang'e 5-T1 reach?
Chang'e-5 Feixing Shiyan Qi, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a -1,274 × 404,736 km orbit inclined 30.5°.
How many satellites did Chang'e 5-T1 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Chang'e 5-T1 part of?
Chinese Lunar Exploration Program. About Chinese Lunar Exploration Program