Mission Details
| Mission Name: Chang’e 3 |
| Mission Type: Lunar Lander |
| Operator: CNSA (China National Space Administration) |
| Launching State: China |
| Location: Mare Imbrium |
| Latitude: N/A |
| Longitude: N/A |
| Launch Date: 1 December 2013, 17:30 UT |
| Landing Date: 14 December 2013, 13:11 UT |
| Objects on or Related to Site: Chang’e 3 Lander Yutu Rover |
| Image Source: National Astronomical Observatories of China |
Description
Chang’e 3 was a Chinese National Space Agency (CNSA) lunar landing mission designed to study the Moon from its stationary landing platform and with a rover. Chang’e 3 comprised of a Lunar Landing Vehicle (LLV) with a total mass of 3700 – 3800 kg. The LLV consisted of a soft lander and rover, designated Yutu (Jade Rabbit). The lander has a mass of 1200 kg and carried four scientific instruments. The Yutu rover was about 1.5 meters tall and has a mass of 120 kg with a 20 kg payload consisting of four instruments.
Read more:
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/change-3/in-depth/
Heritage Consideration
Yutu operated on the lunar surface for a record-setting 31 months.
Object on or Related to Site
| Object Name: Chang’e 3 Lander | |
| Cospar: 2013-070A | |
| Norad: N/A | |
| Location: Precise location unknown or undisclosed. | |
| Launch Date: 1 December 2013, 17:30 UT | |
| Landing Date: 14 December 2013, 13:11 UT | |
| Deployment: N/A | |
| End Date: N/A | |
| Function: Lunar exploration. | |
| Image Source: National Astronomical Observatories of China |
Description
Chang’e 3 was a Chinese National Space Agency (CNSA) lunar landing mission designed to study the Moon from its stationary landing platform and with a rover.
Chang’e 3 comprised of a Lunar Landing Vehicle (LLV) with a total mass of 3700 – 3800 kg. The LLV consisted of a soft lander and rover, designated Yutu (Jade Rabbit). The lander has a mass of 1200 kg and carried four scientific instruments. The Yutu rover was about 1.5 meters tall and has a mass of 120 kg with a 20 kg payload consisting of four instruments.
Read more:
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/change-3/in-depth/
Object on or Related to Site
| Object Name: Yutu Rover |
| Cospar: 2013-070A |
| Norad: N/A |
| Location: Precise location unknown or undisclosed. |
| Launch Date: 1 December 2013, 17:30 UT |
| Landing Date: 14 December 2013, 13:11 UT |
| Deployment: 14 December 2013, 20:35 UT |
| End Date: March, 2015 |
| Function: Lunar exploration. |
| Image Source: National Astronomical Observatories of China |
Description
The “Jade Rabbit” – fastened to the Chang’e 3 lunar lander – embarked on a two-week flight to the Moon on December 1, 2013, lifting off atop a Long March 3B rocket.
Chang’e 3 made a successful powered landing at Mare Imbrium on December 14, dispatching the small 120-Kilogram rover to the surface within hours of the landing. Chang’e 3 was the first craft to complete a soft landing on the Moon in nearly four decades. Having arrived on the lunar surface, the Yutu rover began an exploration mission expected to last three months while the Chang’e 3 lander was planned to endure the lunar environment for one year, using an Lunar-based Ultraviolet Telescope (LUT) to study the star-filled sky in the UV wavelengths and an Extreme UV Camera to examine Earth’s Plasmasphere.
Read more:
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/change-3/in-depth/
http://spaceflight101.com/change/chinese-yutu-moon-rover-pronounced-dead/
