Chang’e 5 – spotkanie na orbicie BY KRZYSZTOF KANAWKA ON 8 GRUDNIA 2020
(...) Piątego grudnia około godziny 22:42 CET doszło do cumowania aparatu powrotnego z orbiterem księżycowym misji Chang’e 5. Cumowanie w trybie automatycznym przebiegło prawidłowo. Następnie doszło do transferu próbek materii księżycowej do kapsuły powrotnej Chang’e 5. Kilka godzin później (już szóstego grudnia) doszło do odrzucenia aparatu powrotnego.
Cumowanie na orbicie okołoksiężycowej i transfer próbek – misja Chang’e 5 / Credits – CCTV
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https://kosmonauta.net/2020/12/change-5-spotkanie-na-orbicie/Chinese mission accomplishes first-ever robotic docking in lunar orbitDecember 5, 2020 Stephen Clark
Chang’e 5’s ascender spacecraft approaches the mission’s return vehicle in lunar orbit. Credit: CNSAThe Chinese Chang’e 5 mission accomplished the first robotic docking between two spacecraft orbiting the moon Saturday, when a lunar ascent spacecraft linked up with an Earth return vehicle and transferred a container of moon rocks to bring home in mid-December.
The two solar-powered spacecraft docked in lunar orbit at 4:42 p.m. EST (2142 GMT) Saturday, according to the China National Space Administration, completing an automated rendezvous sequence that demonstrated deep space guidance and navigation technology.
A claw on the Chang’e 5 orbiter captured the ascender to complete the link-up in lunar orbit.
The container of moon rocks collected on the lunar surface was transferred from the ascent vehicle to the Earth return spacecraft at 5:12 p.m. EST (2212 GMT), Chinese officials said.
After confirming the sample transfer, the Chang’e 5 return craft jettisoned the ascent vehicle at 11:35 p.m. EST Saturday (0435 GMT Sunday). The ascender will be left behind in lunar orbit when the return ship comes back to Earth in mid-December.
The return vehicle is expected to fire its engines to leave the moon’s orbit Dec. 13, setting course for landing of the sample capsule in China’s Inner Mongolia region a few days later. (...)
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/12/05/chinese-mission-accomplishes-first-ever-robotic-docking-in-lunar-orbit/Chang’e-5 spacecraft smashes into moon after completing missionby Andrew Jones — December 8, 2020
The docking was a crucial moment in the sample return mission which launched from Wenchang, south China, Nov. 23. While hundreds of tests and simulations had been run on the ground, the docking would take place 380,000 kilometers away and required an accuracy of no less than five centimeters, according to mission officials.
The Chang’e-5 orbiter remains in lunar orbit awaiting a window for trans-Earth injection which would result in a reentry and landing of the reentry capsule at Siziwang Banner, Inner Mongolia, around 112 hours (4.6 days) later.
Chinese state media reported the burn is scheduled for the next few days, but is expected to take place around 9:50 p.m. Eastern Dec. 12 in accordance with a planned 23-day mission.
The burn to head home, subsequent trajectory correction maneuvers, reentry vehicle separation from the orbiter module around 5,000 kilometers from Earth, and a skip reentry — involving bouncing off the atmosphere once — are the remaining mission events required to get the samples home. (...)
https://spacenews.com/change-5-spacecraft-smashes-into-moon-after-completing-mission/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202012/12/WS5fd44000a31024ad0ba9b6de.htmlhttps://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-12-13/Chang-e-5-orbiter-returner-makes-2nd-orbital-maneuver-Wbs0kBVY5i/index.html
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