NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Chang'e 5-T1

Launch Time
Thu Oct 23, 2014 18:00 UTC

Rocket

Long March 3C/E
Image Credit: CASC
CASC
Status: Active
Price: $20.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 5,923 kN
Payload to LEO: 8,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 3,900 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 55.64 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.2 m
Fairing Height: 9.78 m

Mission Details

Chang'e 5-T1

Chang'e 5-T1 (Chinese: 嫦娥五号T1) is an experimental robotic spacecraft that was launched to the Moon by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) to conduct atmospheric re-entry tests on the capsule design planned to be used in the Chang'e 5 mission. As part of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, Chang'e 5, launched in 2020, is a Moon sample return mission. Like its predecessors, the spacecraft is named after the Chinese Moon goddess Chang'e. The craft consisted of a return vehicle capsule and a service module orbiter.

The return capsule of Chang'e 5-T1, named Xiaofei (Chinese: 小飞) meaning "little flyer" in Chinese, landed in Siziwang Banner, Inner Mongolia on 31 October 2014, 22:42 UTC. The CE-5-T1 Service Module entered lunar orbit on 13 January 2015.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,550.0 kg
Trans Lunar Injection

Location

LC-2, Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China

Stats

2014

66th orbital launch attempt

Long March 3

73rd mission
1st mission of 2014
67th successful mission
30th consecutive successful mission