China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Chang'e 3 & Yutu

Long March 3B

SUCCESS
Success

Sunday, December 1, 2013 · 17:30 UTC

Mission

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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.

Mission Type

Robotic Exploration

Orbit

Lunar Orbit (LO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Long March 3B

Variant: B

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)

Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

28.246° N, 102.027° E

54

Pad Launches

81

Location Launches

132

Agency Launches

72

Orbital This Year

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