The China National Space Administration has announced that China's Chang'e 6 robotic probe has entered lunar orbit and started flying around the moon.
Publish dateWednesday 8 May 2024 - 19:09
According to the China National Space Administration, spacecraft control at the Beijing Aerospace Center, the Chang'e 6 probe performed a braking maneuver as it approached the lunar surface and subsequently successfully entered lunar orbit at 10 p.m.
Prior to this critical maneuver, China's Chang'e 6 robotic probe had entered an 8.35-meter orbit for nearly 113 hours along the Earth-to-Moon transition path.
The Chang'e 6 spacecraft was launched aboard a Long Mars 5 heavy launch vehicle Friday afternoon at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan Province.
The Chang'e 6 spacecraft was designed and built by the Beijing-based China Academy of Space Technology and consists of four components - an orbiter, a lander, an ascent and a re-entry capsule.
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Source : news agency wam
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