Chang'e 6
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Chang'e 6 (Chinese: 嫦娥六号; pinyin: Cháng'é liùhào) is a robotic lunar exploration mission by the China National Space Administration. As China's second sample return mission,[2] it will attempt to obtain a sample of soil and rock from the far side of the Moon. Like its predecessors in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, the spacecraft is named after the Chinese Moon goddess Chang'e. It launched on 3 May 2024 and the mission is expected to last about 53 days.[2]
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Mission type | Surface sample return |
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Operator | CNSA |
COSPAR ID | 2024-083A |
Mission duration | 53 days (planned) 3 days, 3 hours, 21 minutes (in progress) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Manufacturer | CAST |
Launch mass | 8,350 kg (18,410 lb)[1] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 3 May 2024 (2024-05-03) 09:27:29 UTC[2][3] |
Rocket | Long March 5 |
Launch site | Wenchang |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 25 June 2024 (2024-06-26) (expected) |
Landing site | Inner Mongolia, China (expected) |
Lunar orbiter | |
Orbital insertion | 8 May 2024 (expected) |
Orbital departure | 20 June 2024 (expected) |
Moon lander | |
Landing date | 2 June 2024 (expected) |
Return launch | 4 June 2024 (expected) |
Landing site | Southern edge of Apollo Basin, region of South Pole–Aitken basin 43.0°S 154.0°W / -43.0; -154.0[4] |
Chang'e probes |
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