Long 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.
The Long March 3B is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. Introduced in 1996, it is launched from Launch Area 2 and 3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan. A three-stage rocket with four strap-on liquid rocket boosters, it is currently the most powerful member of the Long March rocket family and the heaviest of the Long March 3 rocket family, and is mainly used to place communications satellites into geosynchronous orbits.
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Mission Profile
Chang'e 3 & Yutu was a Long March 3B mission operated by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation that lifted off from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on December 1, 2013. The flight carried its payload on a robotic exploration mission to Lunar Orbit. It was flown as part of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program program. The launch was a success.