Long March 2C/YZ-1S | DRO-A/B
Launch was a Partial Failure
Upper stage problem; payload deployed to wrong orbit.L - -- : -- : -- : --
Launch Window
March 13, 2024, 12:39 p.m. - March 13, 2024, 12:59 p.m.
March 13, 2024, 12:39 p.m. - March 13, 2024, 12:59 p.m.
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.
Upper stage problem sent payload to wrong orbit; independent orbit determination results pending.
Liftoff confirmed
Added launch per NOTAMs; launch vehicle and payload identities highly uncertain.
The Long March 2C is a family of expendable launch vehicles made and operated by China. It is a two stage launch vehicle with storable propellants, consisting of Nitrogen Tetroxide and Unsymmetrical Dimethylhydrazine.
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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