Chang'e 5-T1

China's first Long March 3C/E variant carried the uncrewed Chang'e 5-T1 spacecraft on a free-return trajectory around the Moon, testing high-speed atmospheric reentry technology ahead of the planned Chang'e-5 lunar sample-return mission.

Outcome

Success

Payload to orbit

2.8 T

Flight

1st

of 3 Long March 3C/E flights

Date and time

23 October 2014, 18:00 UTC

Rocket

Long March 3C/E

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Unknown

International designator

2014-065

Launches in 2014

66th of 92

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