Chang’e 3

 2013-070A

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Lander and rover. Chang'e san hao

\uni{ 嫦娥三号 }{ }

Rover is

\uni{ 玉兔}{ }

(Yutu, Jade Rabbit) or

\uni{ 玉兔号}{ }

(yutu hao)

LV is

\uni{ 长征三号乙改进型火箭 }{ }

(CZ-3BE, Changzheng sanhao yi gaijin [improved] xing huojian [rocket])

Chang'E 3 ca. 2012 or later. (Yihua Yan, NAO Beijing) Lander and rover with 30 km range. WIll carry two astro expts: a small photometric telescope for stellar variability studies and a pair of VLF astronomy antennas (1 on lander, 1 on rover) 

The LUT observed galaxy M101 in 2015 Jan as part of an international collaboration.

Lander is box + 4 legs + 2 stubby panels. 2.5 x 2.5, 4.8m span across legs. Mass 3800 kg, landing mass 1700 kg? 140 kg rover deployed on ladders, box + 2 panels + 6 wheels

Landing site is called Guang Han Gong (Moon Palace).

CE3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2013 Dec 1	1730:00	Launch by CZ-3B	XSC
		T+2:21 Booster sep
		T+2:39 St 1 sep
		T+3:55 Fairing sep
	1735	T+5:44 St 2 sep
	1740	T+9:56? Stage 3 MECO
	1743	T+13:49? Stage 3 MES-2 250 km
	1747	T+17:25s? Stage 3 MECO-2 10.87 km/s
	1748:59	T+19:00 Stage 3 sep	210.3 x 389109.2 x 28.5
	1750	T+20:50 Probe thruster burn
		Stage 3 retro burn
	1815	Landing legs deployed
	1819	Solar panels deplpyed
2013 Dec 2	0928	Pass EL1:4
		MC-1
		MC-2
		MC-3
2013 Dec 5	1741	Stage 3 enter L sphere
2013 Dec 6	0950	LOI	100 x 100 x 90
	1116	Stage 3 lunar flyby	3005 x -19346 x 22.61
			106240 x 662600 x 35.79
2013 Dec 7	0452	Stage 3 depart L sphere
2013 Dec 10	1320	LOI-2 3 min	15 x 100 x 90
2013 Dec 14	1259:52	Descent burn	14 x 99 x 90
		Hover
	1311:18	Landing 19.51W 44.12N
		19.5014W 44.1260N per NSF
		43 km S of Laplace F, Mare Imbrium
2013 Dec 14	1728	Ramp photos
	1910	Rover on transfer system
	2006	Ramp deployed
	2035	Yutu rover on surface
2013 Dec 23	0900?	Rover robot arm deploy
2015 Sep 17	2115	Stage 3 lunar pass 10127 km

Payload:

• 150N thruster + 10N RCS. 1.5-7.5 kN

• MastCam -(Inst. of Optics and Electronics, CAS)

• Descent Camera (BISME, CAST)

• LUT Lunar UV Telescope- NAO China, CAS

• EUV EUV imager - CIOMP-CAS (Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics)

Payload:

• PanCam - Xian Inst of Optics and Prec.Mechanics (CAS)

• GPM Ground penetrating radar, Inst of Electronics (CAS)

• VNIS Vis/NIR imaging spectrometer, SITP (Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, CAS)

• APXS Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP), CAS