According to the latest news from the China National Space Administration, the launch window for Chang'e-6 has been determined, and the preferred launch window is at 17:27 on May 3, and Chang'e-6 will set off to the moon a few hours later!
The Long March 5 that carried out this launch mission is the rocket with the strongest carrying capacity in China at this stage, everyone is used to calling it the "Fat Five", from the picture we can also feel the image of the Long March 5 carrier rocket fat dundun, there is no way, as a strong man in the Long March family, the Long March 5 to ensure the strongest capacity naturally has to be "strong"!
Chang'e-6's trip to the far side of the moon is considered to be one of the most complex exploration missions in the history of spaceflight, and there are many key steps to be completed! Since the relative position between the earth and the moon is constantly changing, the launch time is very critical if you want to accurately send Chang'e-6 to the far side of the moon!
This is what technicians often call the launch window, the technical team designed a "narrow window" multi-orbit launch technology for Chang'e-6, and designed 10 lunar orbits in two days from May 3 to May 4 to ensure that the sampling mission on the back of the moon of Chang'e-6 can be carried out perfectly and smoothly!
The preferred time window is at 17:27 on May 3, and if all goes well, Chang'e-6 will go to the moon as planned.
So far, mankind has carried out a total of 10 lunar sampling processes, six of which belong to the United States, and about 380 kilograms of lunar samples were purchased from the moon during the Apollo manned lunar landing!
Another time, China's Chang'e-5 spacecraft brought back 1,731 lunar samples from the surface of the moon, but without exception, all ten lunar samples were taken on the front side of the moon. And the mysterious far side of the moon has deeply attracted the attention of mankind, and China's Chang'e-4 has made history by visiting the far side of the moon before!
Now Chang'e-6 is also going to the far side of the moon, as a backup of Chang'e-5, its task is very arduous, not only to learn Chang'e-4 to land softly on the back of the moon, but also to learn Chang'e-5 to sample from the far side of the moon, which is very worth looking forward to!
I wish Chang'e-6 a successful launch, and interested friends can watch it and don't miss this feast!
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