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 The Chang'e 6 lander (with the ascender on top) on the surface of Apollo crater on the far side of the moon. The photo was taken from a mobile camera that was released from the lander | |
| Mission type | Surface sample return |
|---|---|
| Operator | CNSA |
| COSPAR ID | 2024-083A |
| SATCAT no. | 59627 |
| Mission duration | 53 days (planned) 40 days, 1 hour, 47 minutes (in progress) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Manufacturer | CAST |
| Launch mass | 8,350 kg (18,410 lb)[1] |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 3 May 2024 09:27:29 UTC[2][3] |
| Rocket | Long March 5 |
| Launch site | Wenchang |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 25 June 2024 (expected) |
| Landing site | Inner Mongolia, China (expected) |
| Lunar orbiter | |
| Orbital insertion | 8 May 2024 02:12 UTC[4] |
| Orbital departure | 20 June 2024 (expected) |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Periapsis altitude | 200 km (120 mi) |
| Inclination | 137° |
| Lunar lander | |
| Landing date | 1 June 2024 22:23:16 UTC[5][6] |
| Return launch | 3 June 2024 23:38:10 UTC[7] |
| Landing site | Southern mare of Apollo Basin 41°38′18″S 153°59′08″W / 41.6383°S 153.9856°W[8][9] |
| Lunar rover | |
| Landing date | 1 June 2024 22:23:16 UTC[5][6] |
| Landing site | Southern mare of Apollo Basin[8] |
| Docking with Sample Ascender | |
| Docking date | 6 June 2024 06:48 UTC[10] |
| Undocking date | June 2024 (expected) |
| Time docked | 6 days, 4 hours, 26 minutes (in progress)[10] |
Chang'e probes | |
Chang'e 6 (Chinese: 嫦娥六号; pinyin: Cháng'é liùhào) is a robotic lunar exploration mission by the China National Space Administration. Like its predecessors in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, the spacecraft is named after the Chinese moon goddess Chang'e.
The mission began on 3 May 2024 when the probe was launched from China's Hainan island. The mission's lander and a mobile camera rover landed on the far side of the Moon on 1 June 2024.[11][5] As part of China's second sample return mission, the lander's robotic scoop and drill took samples from the lunar surface and placed it on the mission's ascender module which then was launched into lunar orbit on 3 June 2024.[2] The ascender docked with the orbiter module in lunar orbit on 6 June 2024, then transferred the container carrying the samples to an atmospheric re-entry module on the orbiter for its eventual return to Earth. The mission's lander and mini-rover also conducted scientific experiments on the lunar surface. The overall mission is expected to last about 53 days.[2]
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- ^ a b Seger Yu [@SegerYu] (1 June 2024). "落月时刻 2024-06-02 06:23:15.861" (Tweet) (in Chinese) – via Twitter.
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