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Chang'e 6

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Mission type
  
Surface sample return

Launch date
  
c. 2020

Launch site
  
Wenchang

Operator
  
CNSA

Rocket
  
Chang Zheng 5

Reference system
  
Selenocentric

Chang'e 6

Chang'e 6 (Chinese: 嫦娥六号; pinyin: Cháng'é liùhào) is an unmanned Chinese lunar exploration mission currently speculated to be under development, which is expected to land on the Moon after 2020. Chang'e 6 will be China's second sample return mission. Like its predecessors, the spacecraft is named after the Chinese moon goddess Chang'e.

Mission profile

The probe will be launched by Long March 5 rocket in Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Hainan Island.

References

Chang'e 6 Wikipedia


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