🚀Launchpad

Payload / Mission

Chang'e 3 & Yutu

Type
Robotic Exploration
Orbit
Lunar Orbit (LO)

Chang'e 3 is an uncrewed lunar exploration mission consisting of a robotic lander and China's first lunar rover Yutu. The main objective of the mission is to achieve China's first soft landing and roving exploration on the Moon, as well as performing lunar-based astronomical observation and studying lunar topography and geology.