[TODAY] CHINA IS READY TO LAUNCH FIRST ROBOTIC MOON SAMPLING MISSION TO MONS RUMKER, NEAR OCEANUS PROCELLARUM !

[Daniel808]

The Launch Time Window already shown up.

20.25 UTC, 04.25 Chinese Timezone

https://twitter.com/x/status/1330718133670342656

 

[shi12jun]

I look forward to the live broadcast of the Chang'e 5 launch

 

[Daniel808]

I look forward to the live broadcast of the Chang'e 5 launch

As you wish, my brother

https://twitter.com/x/status/1330791734553563136

https://twitter.com/x/status/1330798960005570561

Technical Specification of The Mission

#OurSpace #Moon #Chang-e5 #LIVE









T-10 hour
Destination : Mons Rumker, Oceanus Procellarum, Moon

China : A Big Leap for A Big Nation

Chang-e 5 Technical Details

 

[shi12jun]

I look forward to watching the live broadcast, haha, a little bit excited

 

[Galactic Penguin SST]

I look forward to watching the live broadcast, haha, a little bit excited

Bro, this is absolutely unprecedented and at the level of this technological epoch making prowess!

Indeed, the mediatic coverage is at a never seen before level, with a live broadcast that was started already 3 hours ago on WEIBO:

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

Also on youtube:

Note according to the youtube livecast, liftoff ETA -06:56:00 at 4:15 Beijing Time 24th November 2020, or 20:15 UTC 23rd November 2020.


Fuelling of the Long March 5 with liquid hydrogen & liquid oxygen began at 10:30 UTC, according to the China Lunar Exploration Project. CLEP also confirms launch to take place between 20:00-21:00 UTC (04:00-05:00 Beijing Time 24 November 2020).

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▲ 1. Live broadcast: Fuelling of the Long March 5 with liquid hydrogen & liquid oxygen underway.

Current weather 24C, cloudy, Wind E 17 km/h

The whole world is now praying for the success of this ground breaking (moon breaking sort of speak) mission!

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▲ 2. Chang'e 5 Lunar Return Sample Mission statistics.

世界航行警告业务（WWNWS）第十一海事区2020-11-19 1200 UTC发布的相关航行警告，显示发射时间为2020-11-23 2000Z-2300Z（UTC）、北京时间2020-11-24 0400-0700前后。

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▲ 2. Chang'e 5 launch trajectory & initial parking orbit.

The orbital inclination appears to be around 22 degrees, with a launch time around 21:00UTC and translunar insertion around 25 minutes after launch, assuming a 3 to 4 day lunar coast.

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▲ 3. The orbital inclination appears to be around 22 degrees, with a launch time around 21:00UTC and translunar insertion around 25 minutes after launch, assuming a 3 to 4 day lunar coast.

The numbered green +'s in this plot indicate the lunar antipode at different days, e.g. for a 3 day lunar coast, translunar insertion would have to happen at the +3 day point.

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▲ 4. The numbered green +'s in this plot indicate the lunar antipode at different days, e.g. for a 3 day lunar coast, translunar insertion would have to happen at the +3 day point.

For the launch the parking orbit is almost co-planar with the line connecting the antipodes, so the launch time/lunar coast period is not well known yet. See for example the situation for the Chang'e 5T1 mission from Xichang, where the launch time confirmed the 4 day lunar coast.

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▲ 5. For the launch the parking orbit is almost co-planar with the line connecting the antipodes, so the launch time/lunar coast period is not well known yet. See for example the situation for the Chang'e 5T1 mission from Xichang, where the launch time confirmed the 4 day lunar coast.

Landing on 1st December 2020 at 4:30 Beijing Time, or 20:30 UTC 30th November 2020. Red rectangle is targeted landing zone.

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▲ 6. Landing on 1st December 2020 at 4:30 Beijing Time, or 20:30 UTC 30th November 2020. Red rectangle is targeted landing zone.

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▲ 7. Chang'e 5 ground breaking mission!

All fingers crossed and God speed!

 

[Galactic Penguin SST]

Some update:

Live Video On Weibo:

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

Live On Bilibili:

https://live.bilibili.com/21686237?spm_id_from=333.851.b_62696c695f7265706f72745f6c697665.7

And On Youtube:
[直播]嫦娥五号任务特别报道 [Live]Chang‘e-5 Lunar Mission Special Report

Launch window from 20:30:12 UTC to 21:15:07 UTC (4:30:12 Beijing Time to 5:15:07 BT)

Note from youtube video: Liftoff T-34 min!

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▲ 1. T-30 min!

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▲ 2. 精确的点火时间和发射窗口！

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▲ 3. 全部活动回转平台展开到位！


T-15 minutes!

All the younger generation is gathering to the beach to witness the historical moment.

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▲ 4. 美女，帅哥。

Confusion...from the video

T-30 minutes from Mission control: 各号注意，30分钟准备!

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▲ 5. T-30 min confirmed by the audio feed from Mission control: 各号注意，30分钟准备！

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▲ 6. Closeup of the CZ-5.

T-20 minutes!

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▲ 7. T-20 minutes!

T-10 minutes!

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▲ 8. T-10 min!

T-5 minutes!

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▲ 9. T-5 min!

T-1 minutes!

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▲ 10. T-1 min!

Liftoff!

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▲ 11. Liftoff!

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▲ 12. Liftoff!

Strap-on boosters separation!

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▲ 13. Strap-on boosters separation!

Chang'e 5 under payload fairing.

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▲ 14. Chang'e 5 under payload fairing.

 

[Galactic Penguin SST]

Payload fairing separation!

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▲ 15. Payload fairing separation!

First stage separation!

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▲ 16. First stage separation!

Upper stage first burn.

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▲ 17. Upper stage first burn.

End of Upper stage first burn.

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▲ 18. End of Upper stage first burn.


End of Upper stage first burn.

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▲ 19. End of Upper stage first burn.

Start of upper stage second burn.

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▲ 20. Start of upper stage second burn.

End of Upper stage second burn.

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▲ 21. End of Upper stage second burn.

Separation Chang'e 5 with upper stage!

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▲ 22. Separation Chang'e 5 with upper stage!

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▲ 23. Separation Chang'e 5 with upper stage!

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▲ 24. Chang'e 5 in orbit awaiting solar panel deployment.

Deployment of translunar stage solar panels.

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▲ 25. Deployment of translunar stage solar panels.

Deployment of lunar lander solar panels.

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▲ 26. Deployment of lunar lander solar panels.

Launch successful!

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▲ 27. Launch of Chang'e 5 by CZ-5 Y5 accomplished!

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▲ 28. Launch of Chang'e 5 by CZ-5 Y5 accomplished!

 

[LKJ86]

 

[somsak]

Great achievement of Long March 5 rocket. 8tons to the Moon.
Waiting to see complex robotic manuvouring tasks.

 

[Galactic Penguin SST]

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▲ 29. Ignition.

Closeup showing Static dischargers (?) on the trailing edges of the rocket's planar fins.

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▲ 30. Closeup showing Static dischargers.

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▲ 31. Liftoff.

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▲ 32. Liftoff.

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▲ 33. Timelapse.

The orbital burning (putting the Chang'e 5 in the correct orbit) happened when it passed through Brazil (-13.005966, -38.456131) at time 18:23 GMT-3.

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▲ 34. The orbital burning (putting the Chang'e 5 in the correct orbit) seen in Brazil.

 

[Daniel808]

LAUNCHING PROCESS IS A COMPLETE SUCCESS

Launching Process 100% Successfull

All Solar Array Successfully Deployed !
Now Chang-e 5 already On The Way to Moon

Now Chang-e 5 on her way to the Moon Orbit will be Controlled and Monitored by Science Space Engineer in China's Deep Space Network (Across China and Overseas Chinese Space Bases) including support from ESA Deep Space Network.

Look at those spirit face of Chinese Young Space Engineers

#OurSpace #China #Moon #Chang-e5

 

[Daniel808]

Happening at this moment

https://twitter.com/x/status/1331230072213278725

Full Moon Party

https://twitter.com/x/status/1331132739232231425

After Finishing China's Large Modular International Space Station (CLM-ISS) in LEO Orbit (2021-2022). They will focus on the Moon.

They will launch Chang-e 6 in 2023 to get sample from South Pole of Moon, after that Robotic Chang-e 7 will launch in 2024 to the South Pole of Moon, followed by Chang-e 8 in 2025/2026 with 3D Space Printer and Luna-27 from Russia. All of that will become Foundation of China's International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) in the South Pole of The Moon

After that, from 2028-2035. They will build Short Term Human Mission using their New Long March Rocket that will have maiden launch before 2025 (70 Tonnes LEO, 25 Tonnes TLI) supported by Permanent Science Robot on their Moon Base

They would also build Space Station on Moon Orbit for Foundation of their Permanent Human Presence Mission on The Moon.

From 2035 onwards, they will build Permanent Human Presence on The Moon

 

[Galactic Penguin SST]

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▲ 35. Chang’e-5 launched with CZ-5 Y5.

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▲ 36. Chang’e-5 launched with CZ-5 Y5.

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▲ 37. Chang’e-5 launched with CZ-5 Y5.

Paulo Régis on November 23, 2020 @ Fortaleza, Ceará , Brazil wrote:

I made a record of the Chinese rocket Long March 5 when it crossed the skies of Brazil on the way to the Moon. The launch took place on the platform of the Wenchang space center at around 20:00pm UT. I took the photo at 21:42pm UT. What we see in the photo is the activation of the last stage pushing the rocket for insertion in lunar orbit. The rocket takes the Change'e-5 probe that will collect lunar samples and bring them to Earth by the end of this year. I think a lot of people in the city must have seen it. It was very bright and easily visible to the naked eye. I used a 100mm lens, ISO 1600, F2 with 2s exposure. the other photo, with jupiter and saturn was with the cell phone

https://archive.is/W7wce/b91a60eeb76563b5c2696ceca02543b066ef8aee.jpg ; https://archive.is/W7wce/b1d68f7bd2c8d34df6e62c200dab21782f8418bc/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20201124122558/https://nova.astrometry.net/annotated_full/4739443 ; http://web.archive.org/web/20201124122730/https://nova.astrometry.net/user_images/4173547#annotated ; https://archive.vn/116bl
▲ 38. Taken by Paulo Régis on November 23, 2020 @ Fortaleza, Ceará , Brazil

http://web.archive.org/web/20201124124116/https://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=169936
https://archive.vn/JN7bn
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Twitter Video captured from Brazil

https://twitter.com/x/status/1331005400221675522

Thiago Galvão 11:35 PM · Nov 23, 2020
https://twitter.com/gap_thiago/status/1331005400221675522

With 4 successful launches in 11 months the Long March 5 has finally been established as China's main EELV-Heavy class launcher.

Next launch will be in the CZ-5B configuration lifting yet another of China's flagships - the Core Module of the future Chinese Space Station NET March 2021.

https://archive.vn/veCuL/14f498dfd98566aaaf379a3ac242a4a35641f91a.jpg ; https://archive.vn/veCuL/ba3beffe4027178a038d80d65ab5a266d14c662f/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20201124123033if_/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eni8ZtgVEAACaW6?format=jpg&name=medium
▲ 39. The 4 successful launches in a row of the Cjinese EELV-Heavy class Long March 5 in only 11 months.

Of the 8 tons plus space probe, the only part to be returned to Earth by mid-December 2020, the scale-down Shenzhou/Zond space capsule:

https://archive.vn/IxFXL/448fde881381c6659bdd156d3f644ade96ab8b97.jpg ; https://archive.vn/IxFXL/c53fa6d9d17e26e9fbff0db0840f8d0584b6e2be/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20201124130516/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EnliiesXYAAXoAC?format=jpg&name=large
▲ 40. Chang'e 5 reentry vehicle.

International reactions

China was praised as a model and as a major victory for the whole humankind in traditionally friendly capitals.

FARSNEWS in Tehran, I.R.I. wrote in this regard in a bylined article:

China Launches Chang'e-5 to Collect, Return Moon Samples

2020-November-24 13:10

"Unmanned rendezvous and docking in lunar orbit will be a historic first. It will be very difficult," said Peng Jing, deputy chief designer of the Chang'e-5 probe from the China Academy of Space Technology under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

"We could call it a milestone mission. Its success will help us acquire the basic capabilities for future deep space exploration such as sampling and takeoff from Mars, asteroids and other celestial bodies," Peng said.

"Domestic and overseas scientists will all have a chance to get the lunar samples to be brought back by Chang'e-5 for research," Pei added.

http://web.archive.org/web/20201124133846/https://www.farsnews.ir/en/news/13990904000512/China-Lanches-Chang%27e-5-Cllec-Rern-Mn-Samples
https://archive.vn/bETRT
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As expected, uneasiness and sleepless night in both Washington:

With Chang’e 5, China has launched an effort to join the U.S. & the former Soviet Union in obtaining lunar samples. We hope China shares its data with the global scientific community to enhance our understanding of the Moon like our Apollo missions did & the Artemis program will.

NASA@NASA 9:56 PM · Nov 23, 2020
https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1330978661831483399
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But also in other E.U. capitals:

Today's news as reported in French TV channel CNEWS, announcing a space probe launched by China to collect rocks from nowhere, as the word MOON was deliberately omitted!

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▲ 41. Chinese space mission with the word MOON censored by French TV news.

And in other French news website:

The #COVID ー 19 epidemic, human rights abuses and misused technological power have all helped make China the second worst-perceived country in France, behind North Korea. https://lemonde.fr/international/

Le Monde@lemondefr 12:49 PM · Nov 24, 2020·
https://twitter.com/lemondefr/status/1331203379817754626
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But rage and despair only betray the deluded and more dead than alive western world and its total sense of insecurity, doomed to go extinct as a species and with no future in this 21th century of COVID-19 and all-pandemics world, unlocked by the sub-tropical earth thanks to their irresponsible and self-defeating man-made global climate warming.

 

[Daniel808]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1331231432677617664

https://twitter.com/x/status/1331260551314481153

160,000 Km from Earth right now

 

[Daniel808]

270,000 Kilometers from Earth right now

https://twitter.com/x/status/1331613658158428160