China Announces Launch of Chang'e-3 Lunar Probe "successful"
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Photo taken on Dec. 2, 2013 shows the Beijing Aerospace Control Center in Beijing, capital of China. China succefully launched its third lunar probe, Chang'e-3, early Monday. It is expected to soft-land on the moon in mid-December. (Xinhua/Yang Zhiyuan)
The launch of China's lunar probe Chang'e-3 was "successful," the Xichang Satellite Launch Center announced Monday.Zhang Zhenzhong, director of the center, made the announcement after the lunar probe entered the earth-moon transfer orbit and unfolded its solar panels.
Chang'e-3 lunar probe, aboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket, blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China at 1:30 a.m. Monday.
It is expected to soft-land on the moon in mid-December. (Xinhua)
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| Photo taken on Dec. 2, 2013 shows the Beijing Aerospace Control Center in Beijing, capital of China. China succefully launched its third lunar probe, Chang'e-3, early Monday. It is expected to soft-land on the moon in mid-December. (Xinhua/Yang Zhiyuan) |
Zhang Zhenzhong, director of the center, made the announcement after the lunar probe entered the earth-moon transfer orbit and unfolded its solar panels.
Chang'e-3 lunar probe, aboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket, blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China at 1:30 a.m. Monday.
It is expected to soft-land on the moon in mid-December. (Xinhua)
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