CHINA LAUNCHES CHANG'E-5
                     CHINA LAUNCHES 
CHANG'E-5
INTRODUCTION
China successfully deployed the first robotic 
space mission to capture and return to earth 
samples from the surface of the moon. 
This is the first effort by China to recover 
materials from an extra-terrestrial body. 
Source: www.indiatoday.in 2
CHANG'E-5
On Tuesday, state-run CGTN announced that the 
Chang'e-5 lunar probe was successfully launched 
by China from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch 
Site in southern Hainan Province. 
At 4.30 am, the spacecraft was launched by a 
Long March-5 rocket.
Source: Beijing News 3
What is 
Chang'e-5 
mission to 
moon?
Chang'e-5 is planned to perform autonomous 
rendezvous and docking in lunar orbit, consisting 
of an orbiter, a lander, an ascender and a 
returner, with a total take-off mass of 8.2 tonnes. 
Source: CGTN 4
Ocean of 
Storms
If the orbiter-returner orbits about 200 km above 
the lunar surface, at the beginning of December, 
the lander-ascender will enter the northwestern 
area of Oceanus Procellarum, also known as the 
Ocean of Storms, near the moon. 
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What is special 
about Chang’e-5 
mission?
• Called after the mythical Chinese moon 
goddess, Chang'e-5 is one of China's 
aerospace history's most complex and 
demanding flights, as well as the world's first 
moon-sample flight in more than 40 years. 
• The spacecraft took off from the moon and 
returned directly to Earth during the Soviet 
Union's unmanned lunar sampling missions.
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What If Mission 
Succeeds?
• The aim of the programme is for China to 
acquire the basic technologies of unmanned 
lunar exploration with limited investment.
• The three-step lunar exploration programme, 
which began in 2004, includes orbiting and 
landing on the moon along with bringing back 
samples.
Source: Coverage Log 7
Lunar Exploration
• For future lunar exploration, China is drawing 
up plans. 
• The Chang'e-5 mission will use a sampling 
method distinct from those of the United 
States and the Soviet Union to pave the way 
for manned lunar exploration and deep space 
exploration.
Source: www.indiatoday.in 8
What About The 
Landing?
• The Chang'e-5 landing site will be west of that 
of Chang'e-3, which went to the moon in 2013. 
• This site is selected because the field is 
younger in geological age than the sampling 
areas 40 years earlier in the United States and 
the Soviet Union. 
Source: www.indiatoday.in 9
Stationary lander 
• With sensors, ground-penetrating radar and a 
spectrometer, the stationary lander will study 
its environs. 
• Yet snagging around 4.4 lbs is its key work. (2 
kg) of lunar material, each of which can be 
excavated from up to 2 metres (6.5 feet) 
underground.
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