Long March 3A | Chang'e-1

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Long March 3A | Chang'e-1

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.

Mission type: Lunar Exploration · Orbit: Lunar Orbit

Rocket: Long March 3A · Provider: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Launch pad

Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China · View on map (opens in new tab)