China Space Industry

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Andrew Jones @AJ_FI

Chinese launch firm iSpace has been conducting wind tunnel tests of the first stage of the Hyperbola-2 methalox launcher, which it plans to land vertically and reuse. VTVL tests at the meter, kilometer & 100 km level planned for 2021. https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?

 

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China's Chang'e-5 probe decelerates again - Xinhua | English.news.cn

China's Chang'e-5 probe decelerates again
Source: Xinhua | 2020-11-29 23:01:52 | Editor: huaxia

BEIJING, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- China's Chang'e-5 probe performed braking for the second time at 20:23 p.m. Sunday (Beijing Time), according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).

After the deceleration, the probe started flying in a near circular orbit from an elliptical path around the moon, said the CNSA.

In the next step, the lander-ascender combination of the spacecraft will separate from its orbiter-returner combination.

The lander-ascender combination will execute a soft landing on the moon to collect the country's first samples from an extraterrestrial body.

The probe decelerated for the first time and entered the lunar orbit on Saturday.

 

[bshifter]

Lander separation success, final burn Dec 3rd UTC 04:23 landing will be around 04:33

 

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[samsara]

From 中国航天旅游 @Longmarch13 on 2020.11.30:

Super detailed! Detailed time node list of follow-up mission of chang'e-5

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1333306648362962945

 

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China's Chang'e-5 probe prepares to land on moon - Xinhua | English.news.cn

China's Chang'e-5 probe prepares to land on moon
Source: Xinhua | 2020-11-30 10:37:55 | Editor: huaxia

BEIJING, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- China's Chang'e-5 probe is preparing for a soft landing on the moon to undertake the country's first collection of samples from an extraterrestrial body.

The lander-ascender combination of the spacecraft separated from its orbiter-returner combination at 4:40 a.m. Monday (Beijing Time), according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).

Launched on Nov. 24, Chang'e-5 is one of the most complicated and challenging missions in China's aerospace history, as well as the world's first moon-sample mission for more than 40 years.

The spacecraft is performing well and communication with ground control is normal, CNSA said.

The lander-ascender combination will execute a soft landing on the moon and carry out automatic sampling. The orbiter-returner will continue orbiting about 200 km above the lunar surface and wait for rendezvous and docking with the ascender.

 

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[Deino]

Most recent news?!!

(3) Andrew Jones auf Twitter: "Coverage of the Chang'e-5 landing attempt, confirmed earlier today by China Lunar Exploration Program, has ended. Currently don't know if the attempt has been called off, an issue with the spacecraft, or higher powers suddenly nervous over coverage." / Twitter

Coverage of the Chang'e-5 landing attempt, confirmed earlier today by China Lunar Exploration Program, has ended. Currently don't know if the attempt has been called off, an issue with the spacecraft, or higher powers suddenly nervous over coverage.

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Most recent news?!!

(3) Andrew Jones auf Twitter: "Coverage of the Chang'e-5 landing attempt, confirmed earlier today by China Lunar Exploration Program, has ended. Currently don't know if the attempt has been called off, an issue with the spacecraft, or higher powers suddenly nervous over coverage." / Twitter



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GOOD NEWS

 

[Deino]

GOOD NEWS

You have confirmation??

All I found was this:

 

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You have confirmation??

All I found was this:

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Successful landing

 

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Video: https://live.media.weibo.com/show?id=1042152:d0f7fdfe898a01b61d5979643f4a849d

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1333795156412096519

 

[samsara]

Live: Special coverage of China's Chang'e-5 landing operation

 

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https://weibo.com/2656274875/JwzY5a4MS