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Chang'e-6 Zhuolu Qi
Chang'e-6 Zhuolu Qi was launched on May 3, 2024 aboard a Chang Zheng 5 from Wenchang. Latest status in GCAT: released (May 30, 2024).
COSPAR 2024-083GCAT D01159China
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Chang'e-6 Zhuolu Qi
- Payload designation
- Chang'e-6 Lander
- International designator
- 2024-083
- GCAT identifier
- D01159
Mission
- Mission type
- —
- Owner
- LDSE
- Country
- China
- Builder
- Chinese Academy of Space Technology, Beijing (CASC 5th Acad)
- Platform (bus)
- CE-6
Launch
- Date
- May 3, 2024 · 09:27 UTC
- Launch record
- 2024-083Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 5
- Spaceport
- Wenchang · pad LC101
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- PCO
- Status
- Released
- Status date
- May 30, 2024
Size
- Mass
- 3,700 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,000 kg
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D01159
- Final central body
- Luna
- Phase start
- May 7, 2024
- Phase outcome
- Released · May 30, 2024
Flight phases
| From | Central body | Ended | Outcome | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2024 | Earth | May 7, 2024 | Escaped to another body, attached | Luna |
| May 30, 2024 | Luna | Jun 1, 2024 | Landed | 154.0W 41.6S |
| Jun 1, 2024 | Luna | — | Stopped transmitting on the surface | — |
Landings and impacts
| World | Type | Result | Touchdown | Site | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luna | Lander (powered landing) | Landed and operated | Jun 1, 2024 | Statio Tianjiang | -41.64, -153.99 |
| Luna | Ascent vehicle | Landed and operated | Jun 1, 2024 | — | -41.64, -153.99 |
| Luna | Secondary component | Landed and operated | Jun 1, 2024 | — | -41.64, -153.99 |
| Luna | Secondary component | Targeted impact | Jun 8, 2024 | — | -40.00, 180.00 |
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0).