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Long March 5 | Chang'e 5
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation101 — Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Chang'e 5
- Type
- Robotic Exploration
- Target orbit
- Lunar Orbit (LO)
Chang'e 5 is China's robotic lunar sample return mission, which is set to bring back at least 2 kg of lunar soils and rock samples. The probe will perform a soft landing on the Moon, then rendezvous and dock with the return module in lunar orbit and fly back to Earth.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Long March 5
- Family
- Long March
- Provider
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Type
- Government
- Country
- CHN
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launch site
- Pad
- 101
- Location
- Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
- Country
- CHN
- Timezone
- Asia/Shanghai
- Coordinates
- 19.6143, 110.9510