China News Service, Beijing, December 16 (Guo Chaokai) At 9:15 on December 16, Beijing time, the two 25N engines on the Chang'e-5 orbiter and returner assembly worked for about 8 seconds, successfully completing the second month. The ground transfer trajectory has been corrected, and all systems on the assembly are in good condition.
The Chang'e-5 probe was launched at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in China in the early morning of November 24.
After two orbit corrections, two near-moon braking, and separation of the assembly, at 23:11 on December 1, the Chang'e-5 probe successfully landed in the pre-selected landing area near the front of the moon at 51.8 degrees west longitude and 43.1 degrees north latitude. And return the landing image map.
In the follow-up, Chang'e-5 has successively carried out lunar surface automatic sampling, lunar surface takeoff, lunar orbital rendezvous and docking, etc.
Soon, the Chang'e-5 returner carrying lunar samples is about to end its "space journey" and land on the Siziwang Banner landing field in the grasslands of central Inner Mongolia.
All preparations for the landing field system are in place, and the "Five Girls" of Chang'e will go home safely.
Up to now, the landing field system has carried out 3 night search and recovery special trainings, 1 search and recovery exercise in snowy dark night and extremely cold conditions, 1 large-scale landing deviation and 3 system-wide comprehensive exercises. The search team has the ability of air-ground cooperation and joint search and rescue. .
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