Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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March 13, 2024 at 12:39 PM UTC
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Mission description
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.
Vehicle
Long March 2C/YZ-1S
Long March · C/YZ-1S
Height
42 m
Diameter
3.35 m
LEO capacity
3,850 kg
Successful launches
9
Launch complex
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
The Xichang Satellite Launch Center is a spaceport in China. It is located in Zeyuan Town, northwest of Xichang, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan.
