Chang'e 4 (lander and rover)

China's Long March 3B launched the Chang'e-4 lunar probe from Xichang toward the Moon. Chang'e-4 went on to make the first-ever landing on the lunar far side, touching down in Von Karman crater on January 3, 2019, and deployed the Yutu-2 rover.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LO

Lunar orbit

Payload to orbit

3.9 T

Flight

26th

of 78 Long March 3B/E flights

Date and time

7 December 2018, 18:23 UTC

Rocket

Long March 3B/E

Builder

CASC

Launch site

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

Payload

Robotic Exploration

International designator

2018-103

Launches in 2018

105th of 114

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