Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Lunar orbiter. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 2007-051; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 24 October 2007, 10:05:04 UTC
- Launch location
- Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China
- Launch vehicle
- Chang Zheng 3A
- Orbit
- Highly elliptical Earth orbit
Flight data
Launch intelligence
A China Long March 3A rocket launched the Chang'e-1 mission on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 at 10:05 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- China
- Vehicle
- Long March 3A
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2007-051
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Oct 24, 2007, 10:05 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Oct 24 2007
- Pad and location
- LC-3, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 1 March 2009
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Chang'e-1
Lunar orbiter.
- GCAT ID
- S32273
- Manufacturer
- Zhongguo kongjian jishu yanjiu yuan
- Launch mass
- 2,352 kg
- Propulsion
- FY-25
- Dimensions
- 2.2 m long · 1.7 m diameter · 18 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Chang'e-1.
Verification
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