A Long March 5 launched the Chang'e 6 lunar sample-return spacecraft from Wenchang toward the Moon. It became the first mission ever to collect and return samples from the far side of the Moon, touching down in the Apollo Basin and delivering the samples to Earth on June 25, 2024.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LO
- Lunar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 8.3 T
- Flight
- 6th
- of 9 Long March 5 flights
- Date and time
- 3 May 2024, 09:27 UTC
- Rocket
- Long March 5
- Builder
- CASC
- Launch site
- 101, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
- Payload
- Planetary Science
- International designator
- 2024-083
- Launches in 2024
- 85th of 263
See it in orbit
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