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

[onebyone]

Chang'e-5 lunar mission operations

Chang'e-5 lunar mission operations

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[rott]

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I don't know how to read this video.

 

[shi12jun]

Central 13 live broadcast has successfully entered orbit

 

[Tumba]

So whn the samples will land back?

 

[shi12jun]

So whn the samples will land back?

Then wait for the docking to return

 

[rott]

So whn the samples will land back?

Still needs to dock. If it's successful then the samples will be transferred to the returner and then only will it head back to earth.

 

[onebyone]

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[shi12jun]

 

[Daniel808]

China Space Launch in 2020.
35 Launch from Earth (31 Success), and 1 Launch from Moon

https://twitter.com/x/status/1334521155416428544

https://twitter.com/x/status/1334521613337948161

 

[Galactic Penguin SST]

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▲ 1. The single-dish fully steerable radioantenna of 66 meter diameter at Jiamushi used to communicate with Chang'e 5 lunar probe.

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▲ 2. China's national flag during ground testing and that was unfurled On 4th December2020 from the Chang'e-5 probe on the moon.

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▲ 3. On 4th December 2020 China's national flag was unfurled from the Chang'e-5 probe on the moon.

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▲ 4. On 4th December 2020 China's national flag was unfurled from the Chang'e-5 probe on the moon.

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▲ 5. Stage adapteur of the orbiter (supporting the lander) jettisoned in preparation for the docking

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▲ 6. Colseup at the timetable


• 1st Ascender remote guidance: 3th December 22:05 UTC (4th December 06:05 BJT) ✔

• 2nd Ascender remote guidance: 4th December 08:04 UTC (4th December 16:04 BJT) ✔

• 3rd Ascender remote guidance: 4th December 19:46 UTC (5th December 03:46 BJT)

• 4th Ascender remote guidance: 5th December 11:54 UTC (5th December 19:54 BJT)

• Start of close range phase with Rendezvous and docking: 5th December 18:14 UTC (02:14 Beijing Time)

• Docking completed: 5th December 21:40 UTC (6th December 05:40 Beijing Time)

• Transfert of soil sample container from Ascender to Return Capsule completed: 5th December 22:01 UTC (06:01 6th December Beijing Time)

• Ascender and docking module jettisoned from orbiter: 6th December 04:35 UTC (12:35 Beijing Time)


3rd Ascender remote guidance: T-1H15 !

 

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• 1st Ascender remote guidance: 3th December 22:05 UTC (4th December 06:05 BJT) ✔

• 2nd Ascender remote guidance: 4th December 08:04 UTC (4th December 16:04 BJT) ✔

• 3rd Ascender remote guidance: 4th December 19:46 UTC (5th December 03:46 BJT) ✔

• 4th Ascender remote guidance: 5th December 11:54 UTC (5th December 19:54 BJT)

• Start of close range phase with Rendezvous and docking: 5th December 18:14 UTC (02:14 Beijing Time)

• Docking completed: 5th December 21:40 UTC (6th December 05:40 Beijing Time)

• Transfert of soil sample container from Ascender to Return Capsule completed: 5th December 22:01 UTC (06:01 6th December Beijing Time)

• Ascender and docking module jettisoned from orbiter: 6th December 04:35 UTC (12:35 Beijing Time)


4th Ascender remote guidance: T-6H30!

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U.S. Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captures Chang'e 5 on Camera!

China's Chang'e 5 sample return spacecraft made a safe touchdown on the lunar surface at 10:11 EST (15:11 UTC) 01 December 2020. LRO passed over the site the following day and acquired an off-nadir (13° slew) image showing the lander centered within a triangle of craters.

The LROC team computed the coordinates of the lander to be 43.0576° N, 308.0839°E, –2570 m elevation, with an estimated accuracy of plus-or-minus 20 meters.

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▲ 1. Box indicates Chang'e 5 lander on the basaltic plains of Oceanus Procellarum ("Ocean of Storms") on 02 December 2020 09:54 EST (14:53:55 UTC). The lander is the bright spot in the center of the outline. The areas around the lander has been brightened due to the descent engine plume impigement on the surface (similar to what has been observed at other landing sites). Outline is 1210 meters wide; north is up. LROC NAC M1361560086R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

The local geology consists of a broad, flat mare basalt unit. Similar to flood basalts on the Earth, this deposit was the result of a massive outpouring of very fluid, basaltic lavas. In the lunar case, this massive eruption occurred somewhere between one and two billion years ago. Chang'e 5 is now in the process of returning a small sample of this volcanic unit to Earth so that scientists can precisely determine its age and its chemistry.

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▲ 2. LROC Wide Angle Camera context mosaic; Chang'e 5 landed in the center of the white box. The "channel" winding across the upper right (rille) was formed by an eruption of basaltic lava more than a billion years ago. The bright area to the south is a massif of older terrain protruding through the mare basalts. North is up, entire image is 61 kilometers wide [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Meanwhile, closer to Earth just 5 minutes ago, from Hayabusa-2:

[Capsule Separation Operation] At around 14:14 JST, the attitude change for the capsule separation begun and the attitude changed as planned.
6:20 AM · Dec 5, 2020·Twitter Web App

https://twitter.com/haya2e_jaxa/status/1335091716202721281
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[shi12jun]

Looking forward to watching the automatic docking tomorrow

 

[Galactic Penguin SST]

Highlight of today: the world's first attempt at an automated rendezvous and docking around an extraterrestrial body!

• 1st Ascender remote guidance: 3th December 22:05 UTC (4th December 06:05 BJT) ✔

• 2nd Ascender remote guidance: 4th December 08:04 UTC (4th December 16:04 BJT) ✔

• 3rd Ascender remote guidance: 4th December 19:46 UTC (5th December 03:46 BJT) ✔

• 4th Ascender remote guidance: 5th December 11:54 UTC (5th December 19:54 BJT) ✔

• Start of final approach rendezvous and docking: 5th December 18:14 UTC (02:14 Beijing Time) ✔

• Docking completed: 5th December 21:40 UTC (6th December 05:40 Beijing Time) ✔

• Transfert of soil sample container from Ascender to Return Capsule completed: 5th December 22:01 UTC (06:01 6th December Beijing Time) ✔

• Ascender and docking module jettisoned from orbiter: 6th December 04:35 UTC (12:35 Beijing Time) ✔

• Orbiter orbit phasing burn: 6th-12th December Beijing Time

• 1st Trans-Earth Injection (TEI) burn: 12th December 9:30 UTC (12th December 17:30 Beijing Time)

• 2nd TEI burn:

• Trajectory Correction Maneuver 4 (TCM-4) :

• TCM-5 :

• TCM-6 :

Start of final approach rendezvous and docking: T-30 min!

The Chang'e-5 orbiter and ascender are expected to reach the limit of long-range to short-range guidance.

With microwave radar's guidance the two spacecrafts gradually reduce the separating distance, preparing for the first automatic rendezvous and docking in lunar orbit.



CGI images of the mechanical docking system: 3 claws of the orbiter grabbing 3 horizontal handles of the ascender, ensuring perfect automatic axial alignment.

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▲ 1. Closeup at the mechanical docking system, 3 claws of the orbiter grabbing 3 horizontal handles of the ascender.

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▲ 2. Closeup at the mechanical docking system, 3 claws of the orbiter grabbing 3 horizontal handles of the ascender.

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▲ 3. Closeup at the mechanical docking system, 3 claws of the orbiter grabbing 3 horizontal handles of the ascender.

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▲ 4. Closeup at the mechanical docking system, 3 claws of the orbiter grabbing 3 horizontal handles of the ascender.

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▲ 5. CGI of docking between Orbiter and Ascender completed.

Animated Video, starting at T=2m30s:

好看视频-轻松有收获

haokan.baidu.com

嫦娥五号探月之旅视觉大片上线，每一帧都很震撼！
发布时间：2020年11月25日
https://haokan.baidu.com/v?vid=8745319011237522539

The ascender during vacuum chamber ground testing.

Typical 4 propellant tanks design found in most Chinese spacecrafts, 2 for the oxidizer and 2 for the fuel, that allows an easy balance of the spacecraft center of mass.

Also used for Chang'e 5 Orbiter, Lander, Tianwen-1 Mars Orbiter.

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▲ 6. The ascender during ground testing.

嫦娥五号上升器成功与轨返组合体完成月球轨道交会对接

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Success. The Chang'e-5 ascent vehicle and orbiter have completed rendezvous and docking in lunar orbit.

At 5:42 on December 6, the Chang'e-5 ascender successfully rendezvous and docked with the orbiter and returner assembly, and the sample container was safely transferred to the returner at 6:12. This is the first time that our nation has realized lunar orbital rendezvous and docking.

From the beginning of the ascender entering the orbit around the moon, through long-range guidance and short-range autonomous control, the orbiter and returner assembly gradually approached the ascender, capturing the ascender with its claws, and completing the rendezvous and docking.

In the future, the Chang'e-5 orbiter and returner combination will be separated from the ascender and return to Earth at the right time.

https://card.weibo.com/article/m/show/id/2309404579010377023518

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In a world's first, completed in 3 hours and a half: the automated rendezvous and docking in an extraterrestrial body's orbit.

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▲ 6. In a China's first, in a world's first!

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▲ 7. Chang'e-5 ascent vehicle and orbiter have completed rendezvous and docking in lunar orbit in 3 hours and a half.

Transfert of rock sample to the return capsule completed:

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▲ 8. Transfert of rock sample to the return capsule completed.

Picture taken from Chang'e-5 orbiter's camera , showing the approaching ascent vehicle and a crescent Earth:

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▲ 9. Picture taken from Chang'e-5 orbiter's camera , showing the approaching ascent vehicle and a crescent Earth.

Picture from the orbiter's onboard camera monitoring the docking:

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▲ 10. Picture from the orbiter's onboard camera monitoring the docking.

Animation of the rendezvous, docking etc:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1335346676974776322

https://twitter.com/CarlZha/status/1335346676974776322


Bilibili Video of docking and transfert (2m06s)

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Ba4y1W7B3

【全网独家视频】嫦娥五号交会对接及样品转移：来自月球的“土特产”已准备派送！
2020-12-06 04:50:39
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Ba4y1W7B3

Youtube Video of docking and transfert (4m37s)

中国首次实现月球轨道交会对接 嫦娥五号完成在轨样品转移
•Dec 5, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GaGfpS8AhU

12月6日12时35分，嫦娥五号轨返组合体与上升器成功分离，进入环月等待阶段，将择机返回地球。（CNSA/CLEP）

Ascender and docking module jettisoned from orbiter at 12:35 BJT, entering lunar parking orbit before the return trip

https://twitter.com/TheElegant055/status/1335452576280670209
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As Chang'e 5 start the final approach rendezvous and docking procedure, Japan's Hayabusa-2 return capsule landed safely in Australia.

To be followed a few days later by Chang'e 5.

HAYABUSA2@JAXA

After ejecting the heat shield, the capsule was due to deploy a parachute and begin emitting a beacon that could be detected from 5 stations assembled in Woomera. The location of the capsule is then identified by triangulating the directions each station “sees” the beacon.

Today (12/6) at 03:07 JST, as a result of the beacon direction search, the capsule landing point has been estimated. Now, we will search by helicopter.

Today (12/6) at 04:47 JST, as a result of the helicopter search, we found a capsule in the planned landing area!

https://twitter.com/haya2e_jaxa/status/1335287158211399680
6:34 PM · Dec 5, 2020·Twitter Web App
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▲ 1. Photo of the Hayabusa-2 fireball from on-site.

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▲ 2. The Hayabusa-2 capsule with pieces of an asteroid.

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▲ 3. Returned samples from asteroid retrieved from Hayabusa-2

100% SUCCESS FOR EAST ASIA TODAY!

 

[bshifter]

rendezvous and sample transfer completed, well done though i don't know why ejecting the ascender along with the docking module will take place couple of hours later.

 

[TaiShang]

Chang'e-5 ascender docks with orbital module in lunar orbit

Updated 07:41, 06-Dec-2020

CGTN

CNSA

The ascender of China's Chang'e-5 probe successfully rendezvoused and docked with the orbiter-returner combination in lunar orbit at 5:42 BJT on Sunday, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) has announced.

Chang'e-5 ascender docks with orbital module in lunar orbit

The samples collected on the moon have been transferred from the ascender to the returner, said the CNSA.

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