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| Operator | CNSA |
| COSPAR ID | 2020-087A  |
| SATCAT no. | 47097 |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 2018 |
| Rocket | Chang Zheng 5 |
| Launch site | Wenchang |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Selenocentric |
| Lunar orbiter | |
| Lunar lander | |
Chang'e 5 will be an unmanned Chinese lunar exploration mission current scheduled for launch in 2018.
Chang'e 5 will be China's first sample return mission, aiming to return at least 2 kilograms of lunar soil and rock samples back to the Earth.
The probe will be launched by Long March 5 rocket in Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Hainan Island. After making a soft landing on the Moon, the lander will dig and collect a lunar sample from up to 2 meters below the surface. The lander will carry engineer landing cameras, optical cameras, a lunar mineral spectrometer, a lunar soil gas analytical instrument, a lunar soil composition analytical instrument, a sampling sectional thermodetector, and a robotic drilling rig.
Unlike earlier Soviet missions, the mission will make an automatic rendezvous and docking with the return module in lunar orbit before flying back to the Earth.
References
- 张巧玲 (2011年12月9日). "欧阳自远院士描绘嫦娥工程后续蓝图" (in Chinese). 科学时报.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - "China's Unmanned Moon Mission To Bring Back Lunar Soil To Earth". AsianScientist. March 21, 2012.
- 张棉棉 (2013年3月11日). "探月工程副总设计师：嫦娥5号将于2018年发射" (in Chinese). 中国广播网.
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