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Chang'e 5

Mission type	Surface sample return
Operator	CNSA
COSPAR ID	2020-087A
SATCAT no.	47097
Start of mission
Launch date	2020
Rocket	Chang Zheng 5
Launch site	Wenchang
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Selenocentric
Lunar orbiter
Lunar lander

On Friday, 6th of December, 2013, the China National Radio reported that Zhang Yuhua, deputy commander in chief and deputy chief designer of the Chang'e-3 rover system, said that the Chang'e 5 is being developed and will land on the moon by 2020.

Chang'e 5 will be an unmanned Chinese lunar exploration mission.

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

1. 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)
2. "China's Unmanned Moon Mission To Bring Back Lunar Soil To Earth". AsianScientist. March 21, 2012.
3. 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. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
4. "Chang'e 5 proposed date to moon". 2013年12月6號. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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