China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Chang'e 3 & Yutu
Long March 3B
SUCCESS
Success
Sunday, December 1, 2013 · 17:30 UTC
Mission
/01Chang'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
/02Rocket
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