Moon
Chang'e 3
Lunar lander/rover mission.
![Boxes indicate locations of Chang'e-3 descent images. The spacecraft is probably in, or very near, the smallest box. Image is 4700 meters wide, north is up, NAC M181302794L [NASA/GSFC/ASU/JHUAPL].](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fmissions%2Fharvested%2Fchang-e-3.webp&w=3840&q=75)
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Lunar lander/rover mission. This reconstructed record groups 2 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 2013-070; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 1 December 2013, 17:30:00 UTC
- Launch location
- Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China
- Launch vehicle
- Chang Zheng 3B
- Orbit
- Cislunar or translunar orbit
Flight data
Launch intelligence
A China Long March 3B rocket launched the Chang'e-3 mission on Sunday, December 1, 2013 at 5:30 PM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- China
- Vehicle
- Long March 3B
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2013-070
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Dec 1, 2013, 17:30 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Dec 01 2013
- Pad and location
- LC-2, Xichang Satellite Launch Center
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 2015
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Chang'e 3
Lunar lander/rover mission.
- GCAT ID
- S39458
- Manufacturer
- Zhongguo kongjian jishu yanjiu yuan
- Launch mass
- 3,780 kg
- Propulsion
- FY-25
- Dimensions
- 2.2 m long · 1.7 m diameter · 10 m span
Yutu
GCAT program: Yutu.
- GCAT ID
- A08071
- Manufacturer
- Zhongguo kongjian jishu yanjiu yuan
- Launch mass
- 140 kg
- Propulsion
- AOCS
- Dimensions
- 1 m long · 1.5 m diameter · 1.5 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
2 images from Chang'e 3.
![Boxes indicate locations of Chang'e-3 descent images. The spacecraft is probably in, or very near, the smallest box. Image is 4700 meters wide, north is up, NAC M181302794L [NASA/GSFC/ASU/JHUAPL].](/images/missions/harvested/chang-e-3.webp)
Verification
Sources
- Article gallery asset and license — yutuasset
- GCAT pauxcat payload catalogmachine-readable catalog
- GCAT psatcat payload catalogmachine-readable catalog
- GCAT — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objectscatalog (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikimedia Commons — Safe On The Surface Of The Moon! (LROC724 - descent lroc1).pngasset
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