From Earth orbit to deep space: sharing the excitement of realtime mission operations at the European Space Agency
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Today's the day!
China's #Change5 lunar sample return mission soon lifts off, soft landing on the Moon's far side in a couple of days.
Humanity hasnt brought samples back from the Moon since 1975, and we're happy to be supporting the exciting mission with our #Estrack network!pic.twitter.com/GVOe9drc1R
The #Kourou ground station in French Guiana will track #Change5 for several hours after launch, determining exactly where the spacecraft is in order to establish communication links and verify the health of the new mission
#Estrack
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Around 15 December, as the spacecraft returns to Earth, ESA will catch signals from the spacecraft using Maspalomas station, operated by the Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aerospacial @intaespana in Spain.
Find out more
https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/ESA_ground_stations_support_Moon_missions …
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If I'm not wrong, the Tianwen-1 mars mission is also supported by ESA's tracking network.
Is the sample site on the far side or near?
Near side, Oceanus Procellarum.
yeah！
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