Long March 3B | Chang'e 3 & Yutu
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Long March 3B · Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 132nd launch · 12th this year · humanity's 5,340th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Dec 1, 17:30 – Dec 1, 17:30 UTC
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Chang'e 3 & Yutu
Chang'e 3 is an uncrewed lunar exploration mission consisting of a robotic lander and China's first lunar rover Yutu. The main objective of the mission is to achieve China's first soft landing and roving exploration on the Moon, as well as performing lunar-based astronomical observation and studying lunar topography and geology.
Robotic Exploration · Lunar Orbit (LO)
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Pad — Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
126 launches from this pad · 242 from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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