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CHANG'E-2

Extended missionPlanetary ScienceHeliocentric

Chang'e 6 was the sixth robotic lunar exploration mission by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and the second CNSA lunar sample-return mission. Like its predecessors in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, the spacecraft is named after the Chinese moon goddess Chang'e. It was the first lunar mission to retrieve samples from the far side of the Moon; all previous samples were collected from the near side.

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Launch

Launch date
October 1, 2010 at 10:59 AM UTC
Launch site
XICLF
Launched by
Long March 3C →
Operator
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Launch record
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Trajectory

Regime
Interplanetary — Heliocentric
Reference body
Heliocentric

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2010-050A
NORAD catalog №
37174
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
ChinaChina
Status
Extended mission