Chang'e 5

Launched China's Chang'e 5 lunar sample-return mission from Wenchang, sending a lander-ascender-orbiter-returner stack toward the Moon to collect and return lunar soil, China's first sample return and the first globally since Luna 24 in 1976.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LO

Lunar orbit

Payload to orbit

8.3 T

Flight

3rd

of 9 Long March 5 flights

Date and time

23 November 2020, 20:30 UTC

Rocket

Long March 5

Builder

CASC

Launch site

101, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

Payload

Robotic Exploration

International designator

2020-087

Launches in 2020

96th of 114

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