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==Mission profile== |
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==Mission profile== |
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The probe will be launched by ] rocket in ] on ]. |
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The probe will be launched by ] rocket in ] on ]. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Unlike earlier Soviet missions, the mission will make ] and docking with the return module in lunar orbit before flying back to the Earth.<ref name=launch_date/><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.asianscientist.com/topnews/china-unmanned-moon-mission-to-bring-back-lunar-soil-2012|title=China’s Unmanned Moon Mission To Bring Back Lunar Soil To Earth|publisher=AsianScientist|date=March 21, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/830521.shtml|title=Chang'e 5 proposed date to moon|publisher=Global Times|date=Dec 6, 2013}}</ref> A separate mission with an experimental spacecraft to conduct crucial re-entry tests on the capsule to be used in the Chang'e-5 will be carried out first, sometime before 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-03/14/c_132232333.htm|title=CLunar mission：craft to conduct re-entry tests before 2015|publisher=Xinhuanet|date=Dec 14, 2013}}</ref> |
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Unlike earlier Soviet missions, the mission will make ] and docking with the return module in lunar orbit before flying back to the Earth.<ref name=launch_date/><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.asianscientist.com/topnews/china-unmanned-moon-mission-to-bring-back-lunar-soil-2012|title=China’s Unmanned Moon Mission To Bring Back Lunar Soil To Earth|publisher=AsianScientist|date=March 21, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/830521.shtml|title=Chang'e 5 proposed date to moon|publisher=Global Times|date=Dec 6, 2013}}</ref> A separate mission with an experimental spacecraft to conduct crucial re-entry tests on the capsule to be used in the Chang'e-5 will be carried out first, sometime before 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-03/14/c_132232333.htm|title=CLunar mission：craft to conduct re-entry tests before 2015|publisher=Xinhuanet|date=Dec 14, 2013}}</ref> |
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==Lander configuration== |
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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. |
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==References== |
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.
