Long March 2C/YZ-1S | DRO-A/B
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.
DRO-A/B
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.
Long March 2C/YZ-1S
Height 42.00 Meters
Max Stages 3
Mass To GTO 1250 kg
Liftoff Thrust 2962 kN
Diameter 3.35 Meters
Mass To LEO 3850 kg
Liftoff Mass 233 Tonnes
Launch Success 7
Consecutive Success 7
Maiden Flight 2018-10-09
Launch Failures 1
Updates
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-03-14T08:34:59+0000
Upper stage problem sent payload to wrong orbit; independent orbit determination results pending.
hitura-nobad
2024-03-13T14:41:16+0000
Liftoff confirmed
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-03-11T03:21:02+0000
Added launch per NOTAMs; launch vehicle and payload identities highly uncertain.
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