China's second unmanned lunar probe, Chang'e-2, has successfully completed its final braking Saturday, which allowed the satellite to enter a 100 km-high lunar orbit.
A trajectory correction has put China's second unmanned lunar probe, Chang'e-2, on course for the moon, according to a flight control official in Beijing.
Foreign scholars and media applauded China's space exploration program after its successful launch of the second unmanned lunar probe, Chang'e-2.
China's second unmanned lunar probe, Chang'e-2, was maneuvered to correct its trajectory on the earth-moon transfer orbit Saturday.
China moved closer to its goal of landing on the moon as its second lunar probe, Chang'e-2, blasted off seconds before 7:00 pm on Friday from the southwestern city of Xichang. China to probe deep space Future of Chang'e-2 lies in one of three directions Chang'e-2 gets 1st trajectory correction
China's lunar probe Chang'e-2 was successfully launched, control center at the Xichang satellite launch site in southwest China's Sichuan Province announced after the satellite arrived at an earth-moon transfer orbit on Friday.
Future of Chang'e-2 lies in one of three directions
Lunar exploration close to daily life
China's second moon probe, has entered the earth-moon transfer orbit as it separated from the carrier rocket, the control center said Friday.
China launched its second unmanned lunar probe, Chang'e-2 on Friday, inaugurating the second phase of a three-step moon mission, which will culminate in a soft-landing on the moon. Future of Chang'e-2 lies in one of three directions
A comprehensive examination has shown the Long March 3C rocket is in normal and sound condition for carrying the satellite Chang'e II, China's second lunar probe, to its planned orbit in three hours, the launch headquarters said.
Three maritime monitoring vessels have arrived at a designated area in the Pacific Ocean to track the journey of the Chang'e-2 satellite, China's second unmanned lunar probe.
A set of commemorative gold bars for Chang'e-2, China's second lunar probe, is displayed in Beijing on Tuesday.
China's second lunar probe, the Chang'e-2, will fly much faster than its predecessor and reach lunar orbit within a shorter period of time, a top Chinese space scientist told Xinhua here Friday.