Upper stage problem sent payload to wrong orbit; independent orbit determination results pending.
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China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLaunch was a Partial Failure
DRO-A/B
Long March 2C/YZ-1S
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This page records Long March 2C/YZ-1S | DRO-A/B and its reported outcome: Launch was a Partial Failure. The date above is a historical record.
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Launch was a Partial Failure
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LAUNCH SITEXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Mission
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.
- Launch vehicle
- Long March 2C/YZ-1S
- Mission type
- Technology
- Destination orbit
- Lunar Orbit
- Launch pad
- Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)
- Provider
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Long March 2C/YZ-1S
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.
- Height
- 42 m
- Diameter
- 3.35 m
- Stages
- 3
- Recorded launches
- 9
- First flight
- 2018-10-09
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Mission update
Upper stage problem; payload deployed to wrong orbit.
Launch site & orbit
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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