Scientific objectives and payload configuration of the Chang'E-7 mission

作     者：Chi Wang Yingzhuo Jia Changbin Xue Yangting Lin Jianzhong Liu Xiaohui Fu Lin Xu Yun Huang Yufen Zhao Yigang Xu Rui Gao Yong Wei Yuhua Tang Dengyun Yu Yongliao Zou Chi Wang;Yingzhuo Jia;Changbin Xue;Yangting Lin;Jianzhong Liu;Xiaohui Fu;Lin Xu;Yun Huang;Yufen Zhao;Yigang Xu;Rui Gao;Yong Wei;Yuhua Tang;Dengyun Yu;Yongliao Zou

作者机构：State Key Laboratory of Space WeatherNational Space Science Center Chinese Academy of Sciences National Space Science Center Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Geology and GeophysicsChinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Geochemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment School of Space Science and Physics Institute of Space SciencesShandong University Institute of Drug Discovery TechnologyNingbo University State Key Laboratory of Isotope GeochemistryGuangzhou Institute of Geochemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences School of Earth Science and Engineering Sun Yat-sen University Lunar Exploration and Space Engineering Center China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 

出 版 物：《National Science Review》 (国家科学评论(英文版))

年 卷 期：2024年第11卷第2期

页      面：285-300页

核心收录：

学科分类：08[工学] 082503[工学-航空宇航制造工程] 0825[工学-航空宇航科学与技术] 

基　　金：supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2022YFF0503100) the National Natural Science Foundation of China (42242401) the Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KFGZD-145-2023-15) the Consultative Project by the Chinese Academy of Engineering 

主　　题：Chang’ E-7 scientific objectives scientific payloads 

摘      要：As the cornerstone mission of the fourth phase of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, Chang E-7(CE-7) was officially approved, and implementation started in 2022, including a main probe and a communication relay satellite. The main probe, consisting of an orbiter, a lander, a rover and a mini-flying probe, is scheduled to be launched in 2026. The lander will land on Shackleton crater s illuminated rim near the lunar south pole, along with the rover and mini-flying probe. The relay satellite(named Queqiao-2) will be launched in February 2024 as an independent mission to support relay communication during scientific exploration undertaken by Chang E-4, the upcoming Chang E-6 in 2024 and subsequent lunar *** CE-7 mission is mainly aimed at scientific and resource exploration of the lunar south pole. We present CE-7 s scientific objectives, the scientific payloads configuration and the main functions for each scientific payload with its key technical specifications.