CASC Long March 2C/YZ-1S DRO-A/B

Name: CASC Long March 2C/YZ-1S DRO-A/B
Start: 2024-03-13T12:51:00.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)

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

Livestream

Not available

Rocket 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