LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Sun Dec 01 2013
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Chang'e 3 & Yutu
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
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(5:30 PM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(5:30 PM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(5:30 PM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
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Rocket Details
Name:
Long March 3BDescription:
The Long March 3B is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. Introduced in 1996, it is launched from Launch Area 2 and 3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan. A three-stage rocket with four strap-on liquid rocket boosters, it is currently the most powerful member of the Long March rocket family and the heaviest of the Long March 3 rocket family, and is mainly used to place communications satellites into geosynchronous orbits.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Robotic Exploration
- 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.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Pad
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)