Introduction of Chang 'e-3 detector

Chang 'e-3 probe (Chang &; #39; E 3) is a detector in the second phase of China People's Chang 'e Project, and the first unmanned lunar probe in China. Chang 'e-3 probe consists of lunar soft landing probe (referred to as lander) and lunar patrol probe (referred to as patrol probe, also known as Yutu lunar rover, English: Yutu, or Yutu). On February 2nd, 20 13, the Chang 'e-3 probe was sent into space by the Long March 3B in xichang satellite launch center, China, and landed in the northwest of the rainy sea of the moon on June 14. On June 15, the lander patrol was separated, and the scheduled tasks of "observing the sky, observing the earth and measuring the moon" were carried out one after another, and certain results were achieved. 120131216, China officially announced the success of the Chang 'e III mission. The Chang 'e-3 lander is currently in good working condition; Before the second moonlit sleep, the patrol was abnormal and could not walk, but it survived. 2 14, 12, 14, 2 10, 14, the first anniversary of the Chang 'e III landing on the moon, beijing aerospace control center has also achieved the scheduled engineering goal of carefully escorting the Chang 'e III lander for one year. 4562065438+65438 On the morning of October 5, 2006+/KLOC-0, the Bureau of Science and Technology for National Defense officially released a message. With the approval of the International Astronomical Union, the area around the landing site of Chang 'e-3 probe was named "Guanghan Palace", and the three impact craters nearby were named "Wei Zi", "Shi Tian" and "Taiwei" respectively. This time, there are 22 lunar geographic entities named after China elements.