Chang'e-4 lunar operations

[cjx007]

officially aannounced engineering phase successed, sciences research phase begins.

[pyr0bee]

have to say this live stream was extremly satisfying. Plethora of new videos were released

[frensel]

landing video:
https://www.guancha.cn/industry-science/2019_01_11_486549.shtml

[wahaha]

This video is amazing!
https://news.sina.com.cn/c/2019-01-11/doc-ihqfskcn6221307.shtml

[SciNews]

Chang’e-4 landing (Onboard Camera View)

[ugordan]

Youtube mirror of the landing video. Note that the footage is sped up 2.5x as the original frame rate is 10 fps and played back at 25 fps in the video.

[wahaha]

Panorama
https://roundme.com/tour/350106/view/1179570/

[chetan_chpd]

https://twitter.com/LaunchStuff/status/1083668869221367808

https://twitter.com/LaunchStuff/status/1083669995517870086

[chetan_chpd]

https://twitter.com/CGTNOfficial/status/1083670743324418050

[Alter Sachse]

Chang’e-4 landing (Onboard Camera View)

landed 02:25:53 ?

[ugordan]

Full res images:

[wahaha]

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, the screen at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center shows the lander of the Chang'e-4 probe, right, and the rover Yutu-2 (Jade Rabbit-2) taking photos of each other, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019.

[eeergo]

Youtube mirror of the landing video. Note that the footage is sped up 2.5x as the original frame rate is 10 fps and played back at 25 fps in the video.

You can see how the probe hovers for a few seconds what looks like a few meters from the ground, while (presumably) the onboard hazard avoidance routine kicks in!

[eeergo]

Full res images:

Look at that long pole following the left horizon in the second image

[eeergo]

FWIW: https://twitter.com/AJ_FI/status/1083640234569596929

[ugordan]

You can see how the probe hovers for a few seconds what looks like a few meters from the ground, while (presumably) the onboard hazard avoidance routine kicks in!

If the Chang'E 3 landing is anything to go by (it's the same architecture), that hover happened at 100 m altitude.

[eeergo]

You can see how the probe hovers for a few seconds what looks like a few meters from the ground, while (presumably) the onboard hazard avoidance routine kicks in!

If the Chang'E 3 landing is anything to go by (it's the same architecture), that hover happened at 100 m altitude.

It looked lower than that to me when played in real time, but it's surely difficult to judge with the almost fractal lunar terrain -- although the hover happened at the point where the appearance of progressively smaller craters gave way to small-scale features like rocks.


EDIT: In fact, judging from this very not-to-scale diagram I found after posting (from here), it looks like the final avoidance phase would start with LIDAR at 100 m but the hovering would be at lower altitudes.

[ugordan]

Here's the previous landing for reference, altitude is marked in the lower right:

[eeergo]

Here's the previous landing for reference, altitude is marked in the lower right:

I think you converted me, I see now Thanks for the comparison!

[Satori]

Chang'e-4 probe takes panoramic photos on moon's far side.