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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	Circa 2017
Rocket	Chang Zheng 5
Launch site	Wenchang
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Selenocentric
Lunar orbiter
Orbital insertion	Circa 2017
Lunar lander
Landing date	Circa 2017
Chinese Lunar Exploration Program← Chang'e 4

Chang'e 5 is an unmanned Chinese lunar exploration mission currently under development, which is expected to land on the moon by 2017. 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.

Mission profile

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.

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.

Chang'e 5-T1

A separate mission with an experimental spacecraft (Chang'e 5-T1) to conduct crucial re-entry tests on the capsule to be used in the Chang'e-5 will be carried out first in 2014.

Lander configuration

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.

References

1. ^ "China plans to launch Chang'e 5 in 2017". Xinhuanet. Dec 16, 2013.
2. http://english.cri.cn/12394/2014/08/11/3684s839781.htm
3. "China's Unmanned Moon Mission To Bring Back Lunar Soil To Earth". AsianScientist. March 21, 2012.
4. "Chang'e 5 proposed date to moon". Global Times. Dec 6, 2013.
5. http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/change-5-t1.htm

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