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China’s Chang’e-5 lunar probe successfully brakes for lunar orbiting – CGTN
The ongoing moon sampling mission is one step closer to victory.
China’s Chang’e-5 lunar probe successfully decelerated near the Moon and entered the lunar orbit, the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced on Saturday.
The administration said in a statement that a 3,000-newton-thrust engine on the spacecraft was activated at 8:58 pm Beijing time and worked about 17 minutes when the probe reached a position about 400 kilometers above the moon.
A key orbital control measure for any lunar mission, the…
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