Long March 5 | Chang'e 5
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Long March 5 · 101, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 300th launch · 30th this year · humanity's 6,018th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Nov 23, 20:30 – Nov 23, 21:15 UTC
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Chang'e 5
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.
Robotic Exploration · Lunar Orbit (LO)
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- Live: China launches Chang'e-5 lunar mission with Long March-5 rocket嫦娥五号“挖土”之旅启航 — CGTN
- [直播回放]嫦娥五号任务发射阶段 [Live]Chang‘e-5 Lunar Mission Launch — China’s Space Destination
Updates
Updating launch time per insider source which seems to be accurate per amateur calculations of lunar launch windows.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/22/2020 · source
Go for launch per marine space closure notice.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/19/2020 · source
All Chinese rumors/signs points to launch on early morning LT November 24/evening November 23 UTC, probably around 18:00 - 22:00 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/19/2020
Pad — 101
18 launches from this pad · 68 from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
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