Chang'e-1

Launched Chang'e 1, China's first lunar orbiter, from Xichang; the spacecraft mapped the Moon's surface and elemental composition before being deliberately crashed into the lunar surface in March 2009.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LO

Lunar orbit

Payload to orbit

2.4 T

Flight

15th

of 27 Long March 3A flights

Date and time

24 October 2007, 10:05 UTC

Rocket

Long March 3A

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Lunar Exploration

International designator

2007-051

Launches in 2007

54th of 68

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