嫦娥三號發射成功 展開奔月之旅
China launched the Chang'e-3 lunar probe with the country's first moon rover aboard early on Monday, marking a significant step toward deep space exploration.
本週一凌晨，中國發射了嫦娥三號衛星。嫦娥三號由着陸器和中國首個月球車組成，將一期工程的“表面探測”引申至了對月球的內部探測。The probe's carrier, an enhanced Long March-3B rocket, blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China at 1:30 a.m.
作爲進一步技術研發的成果，長征三號乙運載火箭於凌晨1點30分從位於中國西南部的西昌衛星發射中心發射。Chang'e-3 is expected to land on the moon in mid-December to become China's first spacecraft to soft land on the surface of an extraterrestrial body.
嫦娥三號預計將於12月中旬着陸，成爲中國首個實現外星球軟着陸的宇宙飛行器。
It is also the first moon lander launched in the 21st century.
這也是21世紀以來人類的首個登月之旅。The probe entered the earth-moon transfer orbit as scheduled, with a perigee of 200 kilometers and apogee of 380,000 kilometers.
嫦娥三號已經按照計劃進入了近地點高度200公里、遠地點高度約38萬公里的地月轉移軌道。"The probe has already entered the designated orbit," said Zhang Zhenzhong, director of the launch center in Xichang. "I now announce the launch was successful."
西昌衛星發射中心主任張振中宣佈：“嫦娥三號已經進入指定軌道，發射任務圓滿成功。”
