China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

DRO-A/B

Long March 2C/YZ-1S

PARTIAL FAILURE
Partial Failure

Wednesday, March 13, 2024 · 12:51 UTC

Mission

/01

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.

Mission Type

Technology

Orbit

Lunar Orbit (LO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch was a Partial Failure

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Long March 2C/YZ-1S

Variant: C/YZ-1S

Launch Pad

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

Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

28.247° N, 102.029° E

89

Pad Launches

202

Location Launches

458

Agency Launches

49

Orbital This Year

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