Chang'e-5 successfully entered the lunar earth transfer orbit, and will return to earth with lunar samples

According to CCTV news and the latest news from NASA, chang'e-5 has successfully entered the lunar earth transfer orbit. In the future, the chang'e-5 orbiter and the reentrant combination carrying lunar samples will carry out intermediate orbit correction during the lunar earth transfer process, and select an opportunity to separate the orbiter and the reentrant, and return to earth according to the plan.

The second lunar earth transfer incident was carried out for the combination of chang'e-5 orbiter and reentrant. Four 150 n engines were successfully ignited at about 230 km from the lunar surface. The engines were shut down normally after about 22 minutes. According to the real-time telemetry data monitoring, the combination of the orbiter and the reentrant has successfully entered the lunar earth transfer orbit.

At 9:54 on December 12, the combination of chang'e-5 orbiter and reentry vehicle experienced a six-day waiting around the moon. The first lunar earth transfer incident was implemented, and the orbit was changed from a nearly circular orbit to an elliptical orbit with a height of about 200 km.