Lunar South Pole Mission
Chang’e 7
Chang’e 7 is currently about 384,373 kilometres from Earth, or 0.003 astronomical units, which puts a one-way radio signal 1 seconds out. It is 1.001 astronomical units from the Sun.
China’s multi-part south pole mission: an orbiter, lander, rover, and a hopping probe designed to search shadowed craters for water ice.
Targets the illuminated rim region near Shackleton crater.
Right now
- Distance from Earth
- 384,373 km (0.003 AU)
- Distance from the Sun
- 149,731,253 km (1.001 AU)
- One-way signal time
- 1 seconds
The mission
- Status
- Planned
- Operator
- CNSA
- Launched
- 2026
- Operating
- Moon