Planetary Science
LONGJIANG 1 (LO-93)
NonoperationalPlanetary ScienceHeliocentric
Chang'e 4 is a robotic spacecraft mission in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program of the CNSA. It made a soft landing on the far side of the Moon, the first spacecraft to do so, on 3 January 2019.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 20, 2018 at 09:28 PM UTC
- Launch site
- XICLF
- Launched by
- Long March 4C →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Queqiao (Chang'e 4 relay satellite)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Heliocentric
- Reference body
- Heliocentric
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 45 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2018-045B
- NORAD catalog №
- 43471
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational
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