China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Chang'e-1

Long March 3A

SUCCESS
Success

Wednesday, October 24, 2007 · 10:05 UTC

Mission

/01

China's first lunar orbiter. It achieved a 200km lunar orbit where it operated until being deliberately de-orbited and impacting the surface on March 1st, 2009.

Mission Type

Lunar Exploration

Orbit

Lunar Orbit (LO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Long March 3A

Variant: A

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)

Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

28.247° N, 102.029° E

19

Pad Launches

47

Location Launches

49

Agency Launches

54

Orbital This Year

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