CASC Long March 2C/YZ-1S DRO-A/B
Long March 2C/YZ-1S
Status
Partial Failure
Date
13 MAR 2024
12:51
Launch Provider
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Mission Overview
Two spacecraft by the Chinese Academy of Sciences designed to perform communication and navigation testing from a Distant Retrograde Orbit (DRO) around the Moon with a 3rd satellite in Low Earth Orbit.
Rocket
Long March 2C/YZ-1S
Mission Type
Technology
Orbit
Lunar Orbit
Stages
3
Livestream
Not availableRocket Details
The Long March 2C is a family of expendable launch vehicles made and operated by China. It is a two stage launch vehicle with storable propellants, consisting of Nitrogen Tetroxide and Unsymmetrical Dimethylhydrazine.
Height
42 m
Diameter
3.35 m
Launch Mass
233 T
Thrust
2,962 kN