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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
Launch vehicle
Long March 3B →
Launch provider
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation →

Payloads deployed · 1

CHANG'E-3
Lunar