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Chinese Lunar Exploration Program
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Chinese Lunar Exploration Program
The
Chinese Lunar Exploration Program
(
CLEP
) , also known as the
Chang'e program
after the Chinese moon goddess
Chang'e
, is an ongoing series of
robotic
Moon missions
by the
China National Space Administration
(CNSA). The program incorporates
lunar
orbiters
,
landers
,
rovers
and
sample return spacecraft
, launched using
Long March rockets
. Launches and flights are monitored by a Telemetry, Tracking and Command (TT&C) system, which uses radio antennas in
Beijing
and antennas in
Kunming
,
Shanghai
and
Ürümqi
to form a
VLBI
antenna. A proprietary ground application system is responsible for downlink data reception.
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