China's Space Program News Thread

[AssassinsMace]

Anyone know the exact time, hopefully one of the US time zones, when it's scheduled to land? I like to DVR it. Thanks.

 

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It's still in Lunar orbit as of now until the middle of December before it touchdown to the Lunar surface.

Change'3 is scheduled to land on the 14th which is like 3 days from now for me. Right now its in lunar orbit probably taking some pics or something.

Well, at this stage most people would expect to see pictures of the landing site or at least pictures of the moon surface while it approaches to the landing site.

 

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English.news.cn 2013-12-10 23:15:12 RSS Feedback Print Copy URL More
BEIJING, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- China's lunar probe Chang'e-3 entered an orbit closer to the moon on Tuesday night.

Following an order from the Beijing Aerospace Control Center, the probe descended from the 100 km-high lunar circular orbit to an elliptical orbit with its nearest point about 15 km away from the moon's surface, the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense said in a statement.

The administration said the transition was conducted above the dark side of the moon at 9:20 p.m.

At 9:24 p.m., it was confirmed that Chang'e-3 had entered the new orbit.

In the new orbit, the probe will prepare for a soft-landing on the moon's surface, according to the statement.

Chang'e-3, which is carrying moon rover "Yutu" (Jade Rabbit), was successfully launched on Dec. 2 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.

It is expected to land

on the moon in mid-December, and will be China's first spacecraft to soft-land on the surface of an extraterrestrial body.

 

[jon88]

Anyone know the exact time, hopefully one of the US time zones, when it's scheduled to land? I like to DVR it. Thanks.

I got this from another forum

Dec 14

Lunar landing: 15:22-15:35 UTC
Rover deployed: 20:38-22:21 UTC

I don't know what UTC stands for

 

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UTC can be used interchangeably with GMT to calculate time.

Beijing, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore = UTC + 8

Lunar landing: 15:22-15:35 UTC -----> Local time for above cities = 23:22 - 23:35 14th December
Rover deployed: 20:38-22:21 UTC -----> Local time for above cities = 04:38 - 06:21 15th December

California, Los Angeles = UTC - 8

Lunar landing: 15:22-15:35 UTC -----> Local time for above city = 07:22 - 07:35 14th December
Rover deployed: 20:38-22:21 UTC -----> Local time for above city = 12:38 - 14:21 14th December

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Lunar landing: 15:22-15:35 UTC -----> Local time for above cities = 23:22 - 23:35 14th December
Rover deployed: 20:38-22:21 UTC -----> Local time for above cities = 04:38 - 06:21 15th December


So therefore it will be for me:

Lunar Landing: 1:22A - 1:35A -----> Houston (Central Time Zone) time
Rover deployed: 6:38A - 8:38A ------> Houston time

I hope I got that one right. It should be on live on CCTV.

 

[vesicles]

Lunar landing: 15:22-15:35 UTC -----> Local time for above cities = 23:22 - 23:35 14th December
Rover deployed: 20:38-22:21 UTC -----> Local time for above cities = 04:38 - 06:21 15th December


So therefore it will be for me:

Lunar Landing: 1:22A - 1:35A -----> Houston (Central Time Zone) time
Rover deployed: 6:38A - 8:38A ------> Houston time

I hope I got that one right. It should be on live on CCTV.

Hmmm..... LA should be 2 hours behind Houston...

 

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Then Houston is UTC - 6.


California, Los Angeles = UTC - 8
Lunar landing: 15:22-15:35 UTC -----> Local time for city = 07:22 - 07:35 14th December
Rover deployed: 20:38-22:21 UTC -----> Local time for city = 12:38 - 14:21 14th December

Houston = UTC - 6
Lunar landing: 15:22-15:35 UTC -----> Local time for city = 09:22 - 09:35 14th December
Rover deployed: 20:38-22:21 UTC -----> Local time for city = 14:38 - 16:21 14th December

 

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Then Houston is UTC - 6.


California, Los Angeles = UTC - 8
Lunar landing: 15:22-15:35 UTC -----> Local time for city = 07:22 - 07:35 14th December
Rover deployed: 20:38-22:21 UTC -----> Local time for city = 12:38 - 14:21 14th December

Houston = UTC - 6
Lunar landing: 15:22-15:35 UTC -----> Local time for city = 09:22 - 09:35 14th December
Rover deployed: 20:38-22:21 UTC -----> Local time for city = 14:38 - 16:21 14th December

That sux, that means I would still be at work than.

 

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