China
Background: Chang´e One lunar orbiter
Source: China.org.cn | 10-24-2007 18:02
Special Report: Chang'e I -Journey to the Moon |
China is scheduled to launch its first lunar exploration mission, the Chang'e One , today , the first of three stages of the country's moon exploration program.
Mass: 2.350 kg
Mission duration : 1 year
Launch location: Xichang Satellite Launch Center
Launch vehicle: Long March 3-A
130 kg includes 24 pieces of probe equipment
Instruments:
CCD stereo Camera and Interferometer
Imager & Gaamma/ x-Ray Spectrometers
Laser Altimeter
Microwave Detector
High-Energy Solar Partide Detector
Low-Energy Lon Detector
Mission:
Provide 3-D images of the moon's surface
Probe distribution of Chemical elements on the lunar surface
Study lunar Microwaves and estimate the thickness of the moon's soil
