Chang'e 1 was an uncrewed Chinese lunar orbiting spacecraft launched by the China National Space Administration on October 24, 2007, part of the first phase of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program and named after the Chinese Moon goddess Chang'e. The spacecraft entered lunar orbit on November 5, 2007, and remained in orbit conducting scientific observations until it was deliberately deorbited in a controlled impact on the lunar surface on March 1, 2009.
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Mission Type OutcomeSuccessful lunar orbiter mission; deliberately deorbited in a controlled impact on the lunar surface on March 1, 2009. 2 Mission Type
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Lunar orbiter
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On 1 March 2009, at 08:13:10 UTC, Chang'e 1 crashed onto the surface of the Moon, ending its mission.
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an uncrewed Chinese lunar-orbiting spacecraft, part of the first phase of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program
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The mission was scheduled to continue for a year, but was later extended and the spacecraft operated until 1 March 2009, when it was taken out of orbit.
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Chang'e 1 ( ; simplified Chinese: 嫦娥一号; traditional Chinese: 嫦娥一號; pinyin: Cháng'é yī hào) was an uncrewed Chinese lunar-orbiting spacecraft, part of the first phase of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program.
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Operated By: China National Space Administration, Chinese Lunar Exploration Program
is the first and ongoing series of robotic Moon missions by the China National Space Administration (CNSA)
Part Of: Chang'e Program, Chinese Lunar Exploration Program
Chang'e 1 (2007) and Chang'e 2 (2010) orbited the Moon, surveying potential landing sites.
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