China announces launch of Chang'e 3 'successful'

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The launch of China's lunar probe Chang'e 3 was "successful," the Xichang Satellite Launch Center announced Monday.

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.

Photo taken on Dec. 2, 2013 shows the Beijing Aerospace Control Center.

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.

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