Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Chang’e 2

 2010-050A


Enhanced copy of Chang'e-1 for 100 km lunar orbit. Switch to CZ-3C allowed direct translunar insertion. Launch mass 2480 kg. (2500 kg?) After LOI, mass 1750 kg plus (or incl?) 573 kg prop for 2323 kg mass?

After its lunar mission was complete CE-2 was sent to SEL2 in a 0.292 x 0.918 x 0.212 Mkm Lissajous orbit. Then it went on a flyby of asteroid (4179) Toutatis  [760]

The solar orbit has a max +/-Z of 90M km.

The CZ-3C third stage was later discovered in a 230000 x 413000 km x 79 deg orbit.


Chang'e-2 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2010 Oct 1  1059:57 Launch by CZ-3C Y7 XSC LC2 
  Stage 1 sep 
  Stage 2 sep 
  Fairing sep
 1110:06 T+10:09 MECO-1 
 1121:04  T+21:07 Stage 3 MES-2, 2:30 
 1123:58  T+24:01 MECO-2 
 1126:03  T+25:59 Stage 3 sep  213 x 357000 x 28.5 
2010 Oct 2  0240  Pass EL1:4 
2010 Oct 2  0425:34 TCM 17h, 16.05m/s 
  TCM-2,3 cancelled 
2010 Oct 5  2200?  Enter L sphere 
2010 Oct 6  0306  LOI 30min burn 12h  119 x 8599  
2010 Oct 6  0310?  Stage 3 flyby at 3483 km  
 0336  LOI Cutoff 
2010 Oct 7  0518  LPC 10 min burn 31.16m/s, Change i by 3.2 deg  86 x 8631  
2010 Oct 8  0245  LOI-2 17 min burn 86 x 1830  
2010 Oct 9  0317  LOI-3 15min  118.0 100 x 100 
2010 Oct 26   Peri lower burn 1 
2010 Oct 29   Peri lower burn 2? Tot 21.2m/s 15 x 100 km 
2010 Nov?   raise orbit  100 x 100 km 
2011 Apr 1   Primary mission complete  100 x 100 x 86  
2011 Apr 11  Lunar polar imaging  94 x 106 x 86.0 
2011 May   Lower perigee  15 x 100 
2011 May?  Raise perigee? 100 x 100? 
2011 Jun   Preparing to go to Sun-Earth L2 
2011 Jun 8?  Lunar orbit dep phasing,1300s  104 x 3565 km  
2011 Jun 9  0910  Lunar orbit departure burn 1113s 
 2129  Depart L sphere 
2011 Jun 20   LP TCM 3m/s 
2011 Aug 25  Arrive SE L2, LPOI burn 4m/s 
2012 Apr 15  1318 TCM to transition LJ orbit 6.29m/s 
  1.022 x 1.035 AU x 0.24  
2012 May 30  1759 TCM 32.9m/s, complete depart SEL2, 105m/s 
2012 May 31   Solar orbit en route 4179 Toutatis 
2012 Jul 31  1530 TC TCM-1 4m/s 
2012 Oct 9  1328 TC TCM-2 0.7m/s 
2012 Nov 30  1234 TC TCM-3 
2012 Dec 12  0830 TC TCM-4 
2012 Dec 12?  Toutatis-Earth close approach  
2012 Dec 13  0829  Enter T sphere 
2012 Dec 13  0829:59 Toutatis flyby, 0.12 km, 10.73 km/s 
 0831  Depart T sphere 
2013 Jul 13  1700  At 50Mkm from Earth, still operational
2013 Dec 14   Still operating, 65 Mkm range 

Payload:

  • Hi Res Stereo Camera

  • CCD camera

  • Gamma/X-ray spectroscopy

  • Microwave radiometer, 3.0, 7.8, 19.35 and 37 GHz

No comments:

Post a Comment

November 20,2006

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football