2007 · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Chang'e-1

successLong March 3A | Chang'e-1

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.

Overview

Date / time: October 24, 2007 at 10:05 AM UTC
Outcome: success
Mission: Chang'e-1
Mission type: Lunar Exploration
Orbit achieved: Lunar Orbit

Launch vehicle

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Launch provider

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Payloads deployed · 1

CHANG'E-1

Lunar