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LIVE: Chinese CE-5-T1 (Chang'e 5 precursor) - CZ-3C/G2, Xichang - Oct. 23, 2014
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Galactic Penguin SST
on 03 Mar, 2014 01:50
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#1
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plutogno
on 03 Mar, 2014 10:12
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I am the only one who dreams about an extended mission "à la Stardust" for the CE-2 bus after it has released the return capsule?
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#2
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plutogno
on 28 Apr, 2014 18:51
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#3
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Galactic Penguin SST
on 28 Apr, 2014 23:44
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#4
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plutogno
on 14 Jun, 2014 11:47
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#5
by
Stan Black
on 14 Jun, 2014 14:02
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#6
by
savuporo
on 17 Jun, 2014 21:09
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#7
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Satori
on 17 Jun, 2014 22:56
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#8
by
savuporo
on 17 Jun, 2014 23:37
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Don't know, the exact phrase was :
(la sonda ha recibido el apodo Chang’e 2.5 por combinar elementos de las misiones Chang’e 2 y Chang’e 5) = (the probe has been nicknamed Chang'e 2.5 combine elements of Chang'e Chang'e 2 missions and 5)
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#9
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Galactic Penguin SST
on 18 Jul, 2014 14:14
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#10
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Satori
on 09 Aug, 2014 09:52
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Until the moment I haven't heard any official designation for this mission. Did I miss it?
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#11
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 10 Aug, 2014 08:34
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#12
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Satori
on 10 Aug, 2014 10:09
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#13
by
Skyrocket
on 10 Aug, 2014 10:51
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Same news in English, China to test recoverable moon orbiter.
This news report calls the mission "Chang'e-4".
I've thought, "Change'4" was the designation of the back-up lunar rover for "Chang'e-3".
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#14
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Satori
on 10 Aug, 2014 10:57
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Same news in English, China to test recoverable moon orbiter.
This news report calls the mission "Chang'e-4".
I've thought, "Change'4" was the designation of the back-up lunar rover for "Chang'e-3".
Humm, I don't think so. The news says that Chang'e-4 will be adapted to verify the technologies for Chang'e-5, not to test the reentry. Also, the news says in error that "The plan is for the orbiter to be launched into lunar orbit and return to Earth at an escape velocity of 11.2 km per second." The test is to launch the precursor mission on a high-elliptical orbit and is not intended to orbit the Moon.
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#15
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Moe Grills
on 11 Aug, 2014 19:32
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Same news in English, China to test recoverable moon orbiter.
This news report calls the mission "Chang'e-4".
I've thought, "Change'4" was the designation of the back-up lunar rover for "Chang'e-3".
Humm, I don't think so. The news says that Chang'e-4 will be adapted to verify the technologies for Chang'e-5, not to test the reentry. Also, the news says in error that "The plan is for the orbiter to be launched into lunar orbit and return to Earth at an escape velocity of 11.2 km per second." The test is to launch the precursor mission on a high-elliptical orbit and is not intended to orbit the Moon.
A high-elliptical orbit can have an apogee of 400,000 km, like the Zond 4 spacecraft in March, 1968. And it can reenter Earth's atmosphere at +11.0 km/sec, like that Zond.
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#16
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Moe Grills
on 11 Aug, 2014 19:40
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Am I the only one who sees the upcoming Chang'e 4 mission as an opportunity for Chinese space program engineers to test technology, flight profiles & hardware not only for robotic "sample return" missions, but for likely near-future crewed cislunar or libration-point DS missions involving evolved Shenzhou spacecraft?
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#17
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Blackstar
on 14 Aug, 2014 14:47
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Am I the only one who sees the upcoming Chang'e 4 mission as an opportunity for Chinese space program engineers to test technology, flight profiles & hardware not only for robotic "sample return" missions, but for likely near-future crewed cislunar or libration-point DS missions involving evolved Shenzhou spacecraft?
The whole program looks like it has clear engineering development purposes to help for eventual human spaceflight to the Moon, something I noted a little while back:
http://thespacereview.com/article/2544/1
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#18
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Galactic Penguin SST
on 18 Aug, 2014 17:28
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#19
by
beidou
on 29 Aug, 2014 20:00
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