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Chang'e-6 Shangsheng Qi
Lunar sample return.

Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Lunar sample return. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 2024-U02; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 3 June 2024, 23:38 UTC
- Launch location
- Chang'e-6 Zhuolu Qi, Apollo Basin South
- Launch vehicle
- CE-5 SSQ
- Orbit
- Planet-centered orbit
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 8 June 2024
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Chang'e-6 Shangsheng Qi
Lunar sample return.
- GCAT ID
- D01166
- Manufacturer
- Zhongguo kongjian jishu yanjiu yuan
- Launch mass
- 509 kg
- Dimensions
- 1.5 m long · 1.5 m diameter · 3 m span
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Gallery
One image from Chang'e-6 Shangsheng Qi.
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