Chang'e 3 & Yutu

Success CASC, Long March 3B

Or open it on YouTube

Mission

Robotic Exploration · LO

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…

What it put in orbit

ObjectTypeOrbitGlobe
CHANG'E-3 2013-070A Payload re-entered 2013-12-14
CZ-3B R/B 2013-070B Rocket body 43008 × 471583 km · 76.2° Globe

COSPAR ID 2013-070 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

Where to watch

Replay Launch webcast

Suggest something

An idea, something broken, a launch with wrong data? It goes straight to me.

Only what you type and the page you're on are kept, no IP address. See the privacy policy.

Follow & remind

Follow this flight
Reminders before liftoff
Also notify me of

If the launch moves, your reminders move with it.

Follow

Every launch, as soon as it's announced.

Remind me before each launch

Reminders follow each launch when it moves. You can change this any time here or on the Notifications page.