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Chang'e 5-T1
Chinese lunar orbiter. Chang'e 5-T1 was launched on October 23, 2014 aboard a Chang Zheng 3C from Xichang. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Oct 24, 2014).
COSPAR 2014-065ANORAD 40283China
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Chang'e-5 Feixing Shiyan Qi
- Common name
- Chang'e 5-T1
- Payload designation
- Chang'e-5 FRD
- International designator
- 2014-065A
- NORAD catalog number
- 40283
- GCAT identifier
- S40283
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/789
Mission
- Mission type
- Deep space
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Chang'e
- Owner
- CNSA
- Country
- China
- Builder
- Chinese Academy of Space Technology, Beijing (CASC 5th Acad)
- Platform (bus)
- DFH-3
Launch
- Date
- October 23, 2014 · 18:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 2014-065Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 3C
- Spaceport
- Xichang · pad LC2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- CLO
- Perigee
- -1,600 km
- Apogee
- 366,027 km
- Inclination
- 30.66°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- October 24, 2014
- Last known active
- February 2021
- End of operations
- February 2021
Size
- Mass
- 2,480 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,000 kg
- Length
- 2.2 m
- Diameter
- 1.70 m
- Span
- 18.0 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00941
- Final central body
- Luna
- Phase start
- October 27, 2014
- Phase outcome
- Flyby · October 28, 2014
- Destination
- Earth
Flight phases
| From | Central body | Ended | Outcome | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2014 | Earth | Oct 27, 2014 | Escaped to another body | Luna |
| Oct 28, 2014 | Earth | Nov 27, 2014 | Escaped to another body | EML2 |
| Nov 27, 2014 | EML2 | Jan 5, 2015 | Escaped to another body | Luna |
| Jan 4, 2015 | Luna | Jan 11, 2015 | Entered orbit around the target | Luna |
| Jan 11, 2015 | Luna | April 2021 | D? | — |
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q18328127 (CC0).