Space Topics: Chang'e 1
Chang'E 1 Mission Facts
Mission Timeline
Launch: 10:05 UTC on October 24, 2007, on a Long March
3A rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the Sichuan Province
Lunar orbit insertion: 03:37 UTC on November 5, 2007
Nominal mission length: one year
Spacecraft
Mass: 2,350 kilograms, based on the DFH-3 satellite platform.
Payload: There is a total of 23 instruments, together weighing 130
kilograms.
Technology: Much of the technology used for this mission is recycled
from previously developed Chinese missions.
Communication: China’s existing S-Band, administered by the
very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) astronomical surveying network,
will be used to communicate with and control the spacecraft.
Mission Cost: The total cost of the project is about 170 million U.S.
dollars (1.4 billion yuan).
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