# Long March 5 | Chang'e 8: launch

> Long March 5 by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China. Scheduled: NET 2029.

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## Facts

- Launch: Long March 5 | Chang'e 8
- Mission: Chang'e 8
- Provider: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Rocket: Long March 5
- Pad: Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
- Country of the launch site: CHN
- Date (UTC): NET 2029 (2029-12-31T00:00:00.000Z)
- Status: tbd (Launch Library 2: TBD)
- Real slips recorded: 0; other date moves (placeholder rolls, firmings), not slips: 0

## Mission description

Quoted from Launch Library 2: Chang'e 8/CE-8 is scheduled to launch in 2028, including a lander, a rover and a legged robot. The mission will land in the South Pole regions of the Moon to study lunar surface environment around the South Pole and experimenting with resource utilization, including testing an enclosed terrestrial ecosystem in the lunar environment.

## Date history

No date change recorded for this launch since our ledger began.

## Sources

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- [Mission information (link from Launch Library 2)](https://www.spacelaunchnow.me/launch/long-march-5-change-8)

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