Long March 2C/YZ-1S | DRO-A/B

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.

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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.

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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


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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-03-14T08:34:59+0000

Upper stage problem sent payload to wrong orbit; independent orbit determination results pending.

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hitura-nobad

2024-03-13T14:41:16+0000

Liftoff confirmed

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-03-11T03:21:02+0000

Added launch per NOTAMs; launch vehicle and payload identities highly uncertain.

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