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China launches Chang'e 2 probe into earth-moon orbit
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October 1, 2010, Friday
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CHANG'E 2, China's second unmanned moon probe, has entered the earth-moon transfer orbit as it separated from the carrier rocket, the control center said today.
Chang'e 2 entered the orbit with a perigee of 200 kilometers and apogee of 380,000 kilometers, inaugurating the second phase of the country's three-step lunar exploration program.
At 6:59:57 pm today, the Chang'e 2 blasted off on a Long March 3C carrier rocket from the No. 2 launching tower at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
The 2.48-tonne lunar probe will test key technologies and collect data for future landings of Chang'e 3 and Chang'e 4, and provide high-resolution photographs of the landing area.
Chang'e 2 was built as an alternative to Chang'e, which was launched in October 2007 and maintained a 16-month lunar orbit. The series of Chang'e probes is named after a legendary Chinese moon goddess.
The circumlunar satellite is expected to take about 112 hours, or nearly five days, to arrive at its lunar orbit, compared with 12 days taken by the Chang'e I three years ago.
Chang'e 2 entered the orbit with a perigee of 200 kilometers and apogee of 380,000 kilometers, inaugurating the second phase of the country's three-step lunar exploration program.
At 6:59:57 pm today, the Chang'e 2 blasted off on a Long March 3C carrier rocket from the No. 2 launching tower at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
The 2.48-tonne lunar probe will test key technologies and collect data for future landings of Chang'e 3 and Chang'e 4, and provide high-resolution photographs of the landing area.
Chang'e 2 was built as an alternative to Chang'e, which was launched in October 2007 and maintained a 16-month lunar orbit. The series of Chang'e probes is named after a legendary Chinese moon goddess.
The circumlunar satellite is expected to take about 112 hours, or nearly five days, to arrive at its lunar orbit, compared with 12 days taken by the Chang'e I three years ago.
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