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Wang C, Jia Y, Xue C, Lin Y, Liu J, Fu X, Xu L, Huang Y, Zhao Y, Xu Y, Gao R, Wei Y, Tang Y, Yu D, Zou Y. Scientific objectives and payload configuration of the Chang'E-7 mission. Natl Sci Rev 2024; 11:nwad329. [PMID: 38384740 PMCID: PMC10880881 DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwad329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 12/25/2023] [Indexed: 02/23/2024] Open
Abstract
As the cornerstone mission of the fourth phase of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, Chang'E-7 (CE-7) was officially approved, and implementation started in 2022, including a main probe and a communication relay satellite. The main probe, consisting of an orbiter, a lander, a rover and a mini-flying probe, is scheduled to be launched in 2026. The lander will land on Shackleton crater's illuminated rim near the lunar south pole, along with the rover and mini-flying probe. The relay satellite (named Queqiao-2) will be launched in February 2024 as an independent mission to support relay communication during scientific exploration undertaken by Chang'E-4, the upcoming Chang'E-6 in 2024 and subsequent lunar missions. The CE-7 mission is mainly aimed at scientific and resource exploration of the lunar south pole. We present CE-7's scientific objectives, the scientific payloads configuration and the main functions for each scientific payload with its key technical specifications.
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- Chi Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Space Weather, National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
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- Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment, School of Space Science and Physics, Institute of Space Sciences, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China
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- National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institute of Drug Discovery Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Isotope Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- School of Earth Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
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- Lunar Exploration and Space Engineering Center, Beijing 100190, China
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- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, Beijing 100048, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Space Weather, National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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Chen J, Ling Z, Liu J, Chen S, Ding X, Chen J, Cheng W, Li B, Zhang J, Sun L, Liu C, Cao H, Bi X, Liu L, Wan S, Qi X, Zhao Z, Guo D, Ji J, Liu J, Wang J, Zhang K, Zhang J, Sun P, Zhu K, Lu T, Wu C, Han K, Xu K, Jin M, Wang Y, Zhang C, Deng J, Song Y, Ouyang Z. Digital and global lithologic mapping of the Moon at a 1:2,500,000 scale. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2022; 67:2050-2054. [PMID: 36546102 DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2022.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Revised: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Jian Chen
- Shandong Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment, Institute of Space Sciences, School of Space Science and Physics, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment, Institute of Space Sciences, School of Space Science and Physics, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China; Center for Excellence in Comparative Planetology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230026, China.
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- Center for Excellence in Comparative Planetology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230026, China; Center for Lunar and Planetary Science, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China
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- Center for Lunar and Planetary Science, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China; College of Geoexploration Science and Technology, Jilin University, Changchun 130000, China
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- Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, China
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- School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
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- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment, Institute of Space Sciences, School of Space Science and Physics, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment, Institute of Space Sciences, School of Space Science and Physics, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China
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- Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu HI 96826, USA
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment, Institute of Space Sciences, School of Space Science and Physics, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment, Institute of Space Sciences, School of Space Science and Physics, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment, Institute of Space Sciences, School of Space Science and Physics, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment, Institute of Space Sciences, School of Space Science and Physics, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment, Institute of Space Sciences, School of Space Science and Physics, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment, Institute of Space Sciences, School of Space Science and Physics, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment, Institute of Space Sciences, School of Space Science and Physics, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China
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- National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Center for Lunar and Planetary Science, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China; School of Mining, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot 010051, China
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- Center for Lunar and Planetary Science, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Center for Excellence in Comparative Planetology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230026, China
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- Center for Excellence in Comparative Planetology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230026, China
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- Center for Excellence in Comparative Planetology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230026, China
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- Center for Excellence in Comparative Planetology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230026, China
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- Center for Excellence in Comparative Planetology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230026, China
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- College of Geoexploration Science and Technology, Jilin University, Changchun 130000, China
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- Center for Excellence in Comparative Planetology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230026, China
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- Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, China
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- Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, China
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- Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, China
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- Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, China
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- School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
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- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Center for Lunar and Planetary Science, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China
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