Chang'e 4 lunar far-side exploration spacecraft system
Chang'e 4 is China's lunar far-side exploration system comprising a lander and the Yutu-2 rover, supported by the Queqiao relay satellite. It achieved the first soft landing and roving operations on the lunar far side at Von Karman crater in January 2019 and continues far-side science through the rover element.
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- Aliases
- Chang'e-4 probeCE-4 spacecraft systemChang'e 4 lunar mission
- Family Name
- Chang'e 4
- Full Name
- Chang'e 4 lunar far-side exploration spacecraft system
- Roles
- landerrovertechnology_demonstratorresearch
- Status
- active
- Type
- spacecraft
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- Description
- Chang'e 4 is China's lunar far-side exploration system comprising a lander and the Yutu-2 rover, supported by the Queqiao relay satellite. It achieved the first soft landing and roving operations on the lunar far side at Von Karman crater in January 2019 and continues far-side science through the rover element.
- First Flight Year
- 2,018
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- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 04:15:05 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 04:15:05 UTC