Back تشانج آه 6 Arabic Чан’э-6 Byelorussian ছাং-ও ৬ Bengali/Bangla Chang’e 6 German Chang'e 6 Spanish چانگ ای ۶ Persian Chang'e 6 French צ'אנג-אה 6 HE चांग ई-6 Hindi Chang'e 6 ID
 Chang'e-5/6 spacecraft full-stack full-scale mockup | |
| Mission type | Surface sample return |
|---|---|
| Operator | CNSA |
| COSPAR ID | 2024-083A |
| SATCAT no. | 59627 |
| Mission duration | 53 days (planned) 26 days, 21 hours, 3 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) |
| Moon lander | |
| Landing date | 2 June 2024 (expected) |
| Return launch | 4 June 2024 (expected) |
| Landing site | Southern mare of Apollo Basin, region of South Pole–Aitken basin 42°06′S 154°24′W / 42.1°S 154.4°W[5][6] (planned) |
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. 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, while it conducts scientific experiments on the lunar surface. 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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- ^ "嫦娥六号探测器成功实施近月制动顺利进入环月轨道飞行" (in Simplified Chinese). 中国新闻网. 2024-05-08. Archived from the original on 2024-05-08. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
- ^ "大陸「嫦娥六號」明年5月發射 擬帶回月球背面岩石採樣" (in Traditional Chinese). 聯合報. 2023-04-25. Archived from the original on 2023-04-25. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
- ^ 'China航天 (2024-05-27). "weibo" (in Simplified Chinese). weibo. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
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