March 13, 2024 12:51 pm

DRO-A/B

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Long March 2C/YZ-1S

Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People’s Republic of China
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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.
Launch Overview
Window Open 12:39 UTC
Window Close 12:59 UTC
Lift Off Mar 13, 2024 · 12:51 UTC
Launch Facility Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Launch Pad Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)
Target Orbit Lunar Orbit
Payload Overview
Customer China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Payload DRO-A/B
Rocket Long March 2C/YZ-1S
Destination Lunar Orbit
Recovery Overview
Landing Location See Mission Notes
Landing Type RTLS / Droneship
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.

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China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)
Launch Overview
Window Open 12:39 UTC
Window Close 12:59 UTC
Lift Off Mar 13, 2024 · 12:51 UTC
Launch Facility Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Launch Pad Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)
Target Orbit Lunar Orbit
Payload Overview
Customer China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Payload DRO-A/B
Rocket Long March 2C/YZ-1S
Destination Lunar Orbit
Recovery Overview
Landing Location See Mission Notes
Landing Type RTLS / Droneship

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