Orbiter
DRO-A/B
(DRO-A and DRO-B)
Unknown
Two Chinese Academy of Sciences test satellites, stranded by their upper stage and then steered into a distant retrograde orbit around the Moon.
Milestones
- Aug 2024 Lunar orbit After a five-month rescue, both reach their distant retrograde orbit around the Moon. Chinese spacecraft appear to reach lunar orbit despite launch setback (20 Aug 2024)
- 14 Mar 2024 The upper stage leaves the pair in the wrong orbit, stranded near Earth. Surprise Chinese lunar mission hit by launch anomaly (14 Mar 2024)
- 13 Mar 2024 Launch Surprise Chinese lunar mission hit by launch anomaly (14 Mar 2024)