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China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLong March 2C/YZ-1SLaunch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
DRO-A/B
Launched
March 13, 2024 · 12:51 UTC
Summary
DRO-A/B launched on a China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Long March 2C/YZ-1S from Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on March 13, 2024 at 12:51 UTC. The mission was a partial failure: Upper stage problem; payload deployed to wrong orbit. The launch window ran from 12:39 to 12:59 UTC. It was China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 458th launch, 6th this year and humanity's 6,638th orbital launch attempt. It was the 8th Long March 2C/YZ-1S flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Lunar Orbit (LO). 5 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Result
- Upper stage problem; payload deployed to wrong orbit.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Technology · Lunar Orbit (LO)
- Milestone
- 8th Long March 2C/YZ-1S flight · 1st this yearChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 458th launch6th this yearhumanity's 6,638th orbital launch attempt49th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Catalogued objects
5 catalogued: 2 payloads, 2 rocket stages, 1 component; 1 still in orbit
- DRO-A · NORAD 59228 · left Earth orbit March 18, 2024
- DRO-B · NORAD 60058 · left Earth orbit March 18, 2024
CZ-2C Y67 Stage 2 · re-entered March 30, 2024
Yuanzheng-1S Y11 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Two spacecraft by the Chinese Academy of Sciences designed to perform communication and navigation testing from a Distant Retrograde Orbit (DRO) around the Moon with a 3rd satellite in Low Earth Orbit.
Pad
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
89th launch from Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), 3rd this year · 202nd from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Local pad time at liftoff: Mar 13, 8:51 PM GMT+8, at night
108 launches from this pad · 242 from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
39 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaOpen in maps
Updates
Questions
When did DRO-A/B launch?
DRO-A/B launched on March 13, 2024 at 12:51 UTC. The launch window ran from 12:39 to 12:59 UTC.
Why was DRO-A/B a partial failure?
Upper stage problem; payload deployed to wrong orbit.
Where can I watch DRO-A/B?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched DRO-A/B?
Long March 2C/YZ-1S, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Long March 2C/YZ-1S spec sheet
Where did DRO-A/B launch from?
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China. Liftoff was Mar 13, 8:51 PM GMT+8 local time at the pad.
What orbit was DRO-A/B going to?
Lunar Orbit (LO), a technology mission.
How many satellites did DRO-A/B launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).