Chang'e 5-T1 + First ever privately funded mission to the moon

Post date: Oct 25, 2014 10:56:53 AM

Chang'e 5-T1 capsule launched on a Chinese Long March 3C on 23 Oct 2014 (1759 UTC) Amateur footage of the Launch I was surprised to see how close they were standing to the launch.

The Long March 3C rocket, will circle the moon and then re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere in a test of its navigation system and heat shield. It is a precursor for the Chang’e-5 sample return mission set to launch around 2017. (LAUNCHED Nov 2020)

Onboard the capsule are experiments to expose bacteria and plants to the radiation environment beyond the low earth orbit.

Chang'e 5-T1 reentry capsule [CASC]

Hitching a ride is LuxSpace’s 4M (Manfred Memorial Moon Mission) spacecraft

This became the first ever privately funded mission to the moon.

Luxspace are running a competition for radio amateurs to Receive as many messages as possible

The mission duration is 196 hours, 8.17 days. The Lunar flyby will occur on the 28 Oct 2014 00:28:00.000 UTC at 373000 km distance to the Earth, and 13000 km over the Moon surface.

Luxspace 4M spacecraft

External link for more information: Luxspace