2013 · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Chang'e 3 & Yutu
successLong 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.
Overview
- Date / time
- December 1, 2013 at 05:30 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
- Mission
- Chang'e 3 & Yutu
- Mission type
- Robotic Exploration
- Orbit achieved
- Lunar Orbit