Planetary Science
CHANG'E-6
Extended missionPlanetary ScienceEarth-Moon L-point
Chang'e 6 was the sixth robotic lunar exploration mission by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and the second CNSA lunar sample-return mission. Like its predecessors in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, the spacecraft is named after the Chinese moon goddess Chang'e. It was the first lunar mission to retrieve samples from the far side of the Moon; all previous samples were collected from the near side.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 3, 2024 at 09:27 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Wenchang, China
- Launched by
- Long March 5 →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Chang'e 6
- Launch record
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Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Earth-Moon L-point
- Reference body
- Earth-Moon L-point
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 950 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2024-083A
- NORAD catalog №
- 59627
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China
- Status
- Extended mission