Chang'e-1 Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

24 Oct 2007, 10:05am

Location

Xichang Satellite Launch Center Launch Site

Xichang Satellite Launch Center

Pad

Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)

Launch Service Provider

CASC logo

CASC

Vehicle

Long March 3A image

Long March 3A

Mission

Chang'e-1

Mission Type

Lunar Exploration

Destination

Lunar Orbit

China's first lunar orbiter. It achieved a 200km lunar orbit where it operated until being deliberately de-orbited and impacting the surface on March 1st, 2009.

Updated: Jan 3, 8:00pm UTC

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