Padside

Long March 2C/YZ-1S | DRO-A/B

CZ-2C/YZ-1S | DRO-A/B

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Long March 2C/YZ-1S · Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 458th launch · 6th this year · humanity's 6,638th orbital launch attempt

T− --:--:--March 13, 2024 · 12:51 UTCAdd to calendar
Partial Failure

Either the launch vehicle reached orbit but did not deliver its payload in the targeted orbit, or an exceptional event made it impossible to consider the mission a success.

Window: Mar 13, 12:39 – Mar 13, 12:59 UTC

Flight preview

DRO-A/B

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.

Technology · Lunar Orbit (LO)

Booster

No booster details available.

Watch

No webcast announced yet.

Updates

  • Upper stage problem sent payload to wrong orbit; independent orbit determination results pending.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 3/14/2024 · source

  • Liftoff confirmed

    hitura-nobad · 3/13/2024 · source

  • Added launch per NOTAMs; launch vehicle and payload identities highly uncertain.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 3/11/2024 · source

Pad — Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)

Local pad time: Mar 13, 8:51 PM GMT+8

108 launches from this pad · 241 from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Map of Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)Open in maps