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Long March 3B: Chang'e 3 & Yutu

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.

Sunday, 1 December 2013
Long March 3B: Chang'e 3 & Yutu

Mission Data

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
🇨🇳China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationEst. 1999
Launch VehicleLong March 3B
Vehicle FamilyLong March
Vehicle Record21 of 24 launches (87.5%)
Provider TypeGovernment
Agency Record606 successes / 16 failures (97%)
Success Streak13 consecutive
ProgramChinese Lunar Exploration Program · Exploration
Mission TypeRobotic Exploration
Target OrbitLunar Orbit
Launch PadLaunch Complex 2 (LC-2)
Location🇨🇳 Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China CHN
Orbital Launches This Year#72
Agency Launches This Year#12
Launches From This Pad126
Launches From This Site243
Status Note

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

About Long March 3B

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.

Launch Site

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) · 28.2455°N 102.0268°E

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.