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Launch was a Partial FailureChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Long March 2C/YZ-1S: DRO-A/B
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.
Failure:Upper stage problem; payload deployed to wrong orbit.
Wednesday, 13 March 202412:51 UTC
Mission Data
🇨🇳China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationEst. 1999
Launch VehicleLong March 2C/YZ-1S
Vehicle FamilyLong March
Vehicle Record9 of 10 launches (90%)
Provider TypeGovernment
Agency Record606 successes / 16 failures (97%)
Success Streak13 consecutive
Mission TypeTechnology
Target OrbitLunar Orbit
Launch PadLaunch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)
Location🇨🇳 Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China CHN
Orbital Launches This Year#49
Agency Launches This Year#6
Launches From This Pad109
Launches From This Site243
Status Note
Either the launch vehicle reached orbit but did not deliver its payload in the targeted orbit, or an exceptional event made it impossible to consider the mission a success.
About Long March 2C/YZ-1S
The Long March 2C is a family of expendable launch vehicles made and operated by China. It is a two stage launch vehicle with storable propellants, consisting of Nitrogen Tetroxide and Unsymmetrical Dimethylhydrazine.
Launch Site
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) · 28.2471°N 102.0290°E
Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.