2018 · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Chang'e 4 (lander and rover)
successLong March 3B/E | Chang'e 4 (lander and rover)
Chang'e 4 is a Chinese lunar exploration mission, incorporating a robotic lander and rover. Chang'e 4 will be China's second lunar lander and rover. The spacecraft is named after the Chinese Moon goddess. This will be the first mission to attempt soft landing on the far side of the Moon.
Overview
- Date / time
- December 7, 2018 at 06:23 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
- Mission
- Chang'e 4 (lander and rover)
- Mission type
- Robotic Exploration
- Orbit achieved
- Lunar Orbit