China to the Moon - Chang'e program, Chinese unmanned lunar mission |
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China to the Moon - Chang'e program, Chinese unmanned lunar mission |
 Sep 30 2010, 01:47 PM
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Junior Member  Group: Members Posts: 82 Joined: 12-October 05 From: Beijing Member No.: 526  |
Chang'e 2 will be launched at 10:59:57 UTC, tomorrow.
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang'e_2 Pictures: http://slide.news.sina.com.cn/c/slide_1_15699_13288.html |
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Oct 1 2010, 11:25 AM
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Live launch coverage (in english) from CCTV seems to show a successful launch for Chang'e 2. Launch and booster sep all on time.
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Oct 1 2010, 01:49 PM
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More infos from Spaceflightnow.com: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1010/01change2launch/
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Oct 1 2010, 05:46 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2562 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
Watching launch on Emily's bog: http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00002693/ , I can't believe the guy realy press the button to make the lift off happen! I'd say that's for show up purposes instead. What do you think?
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Oct 1 2010, 05:58 PM
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Listening to that tv-host is hilarious. So clueless...
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Oct 1 2010, 08:21 PM
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There is an interesting sentence in the Spaceflight Now page:
QUOTE Officials are considering three scenarios for Chang'e 2's overtime, including sending the spacecraft away from the moon and into deep space, giving Chinese engineers practice in operations further from Earth. This remembers me of Clementine, the lunar orbiter that was to encounter two asteroids in deep space... -------------------- I'm one of the most durable and fervent advocates of space exploration, but my take is that we could do it robotically at far less cost and far greater quantity and quality of results.
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Oct 6 2010, 01:18 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 82 Joined: 12-October 05 From: Beijing Member No.: 526 |
TCM-2 and TCM-3 canceled. LOI is expected in 1.5 hours.
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Oct 6 2010, 01:22 AM
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Good shooting!
 Thanks for the update, Yaohua.
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Oct 6 2010, 01:40 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 82 Joined: 12-October 05 From: Beijing Member No.: 526 |
As an enthusiast from China, NASA and the United States have disappointed me a lot. From the cancelled Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter and Mars Telecommunication Orbiter, to the delayed Mars Science Laboratory and the dying Constellation Program... I have almost lost the confidence and patient.
But based on reports from various sources, I think China is serious this time. There will be a Mars Pathfinder-like small lunar rover in 2013, and a sample return mission in 2017. It is just amazing, even by NASA/JPL's standard. And China so far has a good record to get things done on time. |
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Oct 6 2010, 01:46 AM
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Well, JIMO was replaced, and Mars seems to be as high a priority as ever, not to mention all those other missions.
The Moon is mostly appealing since the environment is so well known, after 50 years of missions. Compare the success rate percentage for missions to the Moon with Mars. Better accessibility then anything apart from LEO too. Everyone knows what to expect on the surface, at least on the near side. -------------------- To a body of infinite size there can be ascribed neither centre nor boundary... Thus the Earth no more than any other world is at the centre. -Giordano Bruno, 1584.
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Oct 6 2010, 01:52 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 6481 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Just a gentle reminder for everyone to review the rules...everybody play nice!
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Oct 6 2010, 01:53 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4521 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
I am pleased to see China exploring the Moon like this. I understand that, as there have been two orbiters (counting Chang-e 2), there will also be two landers with rovers and two sample return missions. Earlier reports spoke of three stages in exploration, but there would be two missions in each stage.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Oct 6 2010, 02:09 AM
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See this report on Spacedaily.com: http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Four_Chi...Mooted_999.html
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Oct 6 2010, 03:25 AM
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Interesting. I sure hope that works out.
I'm quite eager to see new images from the lunar surface. -------------------- -- Hungry4info (Sirius_Alpha)
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Oct 6 2010, 04:17 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 82 Joined: 12-October 05 From: Beijing Member No.: 526 |
The 490-Newton thrust main engine started at 03:05:59 UTC, burned for 1942 seconds. Chang'e 2 is now in lunar orbit at an altitude of 100 km.
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