Long March 3A | Chang'e-1

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (Government)
• Rocket: Long March 3A — Long March family

Mission

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)

Launch Site

• Pad: Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)
• Location: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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Program

• Chinese Lunar Exploration Program — The Chinese Lunar Exploration Program also known as the Chang'e Project after the Chinese moon goddess Chang'e, is an ongoing series of robotic Moon missions by the China National Space Administration (CNSA). The program incorporates lunar orbiters, landers, rovers and sample return spacecraft, launched using Long March rockets. (Wikipedia)