2024 · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Chang'e 6

successLong March 5 | Chang'e 6

Chang'e 6/CE-6 is scheduled to launch in 2024 to return samples from the Far Side of the Moon (near southern edge of the Apollo Basin) for the first time. International science instruments from France, Italy, Sweden and Pakistan will also be on board.

Overview

Date / time: May 3, 2024 at 09:27 AM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: 101
Mission: Chang'e 6
Mission type: Planetary Science
Orbit achieved: Lunar Orbit

Launch vehicle

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Launch provider

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Payloads deployed · 2

CHANG'E-6

Earth-Moon L-point

ICUBE-QAMAR (ICUBE-Q)

Lunar