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Long March 3A | Chang'e-1
Long March 3A
Oct 24, 2007, 10:05 AM UTC
Oct 24, 2007, 10:05 AM UTC
Mission Elapsed Time
T-00:00:00
Mission Details
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.
- Type
- Lunar Exploration
- Orbit
- Lunar Orbit (LO)
- Programs
- Chinese Lunar Exploration Program
Launch Site
- Pad
- Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)
- Location
- Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Country
- 🇨🇳 CHN