{"id":5491,"date":"2013-12-01T17:23:37","date_gmt":"2013-12-01T17:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5491"},"modified":"2013-12-01T18:43:20","modified_gmt":"2013-12-01T18:43:20","slug":"change-3-launch-to-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5491","title":{"rendered":"Chang&#8217;e 3 launch to the Moon [Update]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese Chang&#8217;e 3 mission to the Moon is about to launch. (See earlier posts <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5479\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5464\">here<\/a>.) \u00a0Watch the lift-off of the Long March 5\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tv.cntv.cn\/live\/cctv1\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chinese TV webcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[ <strong>Update<\/strong>: The launch was a success:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lgZslWEQZHY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The cameras on the stages gave dramatic views of the flight, including the burn of the third stage to send the spacecraft on a trajectory to the Moon. Even after separation of the spacecraft from the third stage, the camera showed the Chang&#8217;e 3 &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpaceflightNow\/status\/407206997428146176\" target=\"_d\">Twitter \/ SpaceflightNow:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A view of China&#8217;s Chang&#8217;e 3 lunar lander firing thrusters just after deploying from the Long March upper stage. <a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/liqsFN47ET\" data-pre-embedded=\"true\" data-original-title=\"\">pic.twitter.com\/liqsFN47ET<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div data-card-url=\"\/\/twitter.com\/SpaceflightNow\/status\/407206997428146176\/photo\/1\/large\" data-card-type=\"photo\" data-element-context=\"platform_photo_card\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Embedded image permalink\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/Baawm0gCAAAFTzX.jpg\" width=\"435\" height=\"283\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Update 2<\/strong>: The Chang&#8217;e 3 will go into lunar orbit on December 6th and the landing is planned for December 14th.<\/p>\n<p>Some reports on the launch:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceflightnow.com\/china\/change3\/131201launch\/#.UpuBg9JDttA\" target=\"_d\">Long March rocket blasts off with Chinese lunar rover &#8211; Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xinhuanet.com\/english\/special\/change3\/\" target=\"_d\">China launches Lunar Probe Chang&#8217;e-3 &#8211; Special Report &#8211; English.news.cn<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>]<\/p>\n<p>Updates\u00a0at<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elakdawalla\" target=\"_d\">Emily Lakdawalla (elakdawalla) on Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ChangE3&amp;src=hash\" target=\"_d\">Twitter \/ Search &#8211; #ChangE3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Articles and photos:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/english\/photo\/2013-12\/01\/c_132932566.htm\" target=\"_d\">Chang&#8217;e-3 lunar probe ready to launch &#8211; Xinhua\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-25178299\" target=\"_d\">China to launch lunar rover Jade Rabbit mission &#8211; Bbc<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese Chang&#8217;e 3 mission to the Moon is about to launch. (See earlier posts here and here.) \u00a0Watch the lift-off of the Long March 5\u00a0on\u00a0Chinese TV webcast. [ Update: The launch was a success: The cameras on the stages gave dramatic views of the flight, including the burn of the third stage to send &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5491\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chang&#8217;e 3 launch to the Moon [Update]<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese-space","category-the-moon"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1qz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5464,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5464","url_meta":{"origin":5491,"position":0},"title":"Chinese Chang&#8217;e 3 lunar lander soon to launch","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 28, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Chinese are expected to launch the\u00a0Chang'e 3\u00a0lunar lander this Sunday, December 1st. 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