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Primary scientific results of Chang’E-1 lunar mission

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The strategic plan for the development of the unmanned Chinese Lunar Exploration Program is characterized by three distinct stages: “orbiting around”, “landing on” and “returning from” the Moon. The first Chinese lunar probe, Chang’E-1, which was successfully launched on October 24th, 2007 at **chang Satellite Launch Center, and guided to crash on the Moon on March 1st, 2009, at 52.36°E, 1.50°S, in the north of Mare Fecunditatis, is the first step towards the “orbiting around” stage. The Chang’E-1 mission lasted 495 days, exceeding the expected life-span by about four months. A total of 1.37 TB raw data was received from Chang’E-1. It was then processed into 4 TB scientific data products at various levels. Many scientific results have been obtained by analyzing these data, including especially the “global lunar image from the first Chinese lunar exploration mission”. All scientific goals of Chang’E-1 have been achieved. It provides much useful materials for further advances of lunar sciences and planetary chemistry. Meanwhile, these results will serve as a firm basis for future Chinese lunar missions.

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  1. National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Bei**g, 100012, China

    ZiYuan Ouyang, ChunLai Li, YongLiao Zou, HongBo Zhang, Chang Lü, JianZhong Liu, JianJun Liu, Wei Zuo, Yan Su, WeiBin Wen, Wei Bian, Min Wang, **n Ren, LingLi Mu, DeQing Kong, **aoQian Wang, Fang Wang, Liang Geng, ZhouBin Zhang, Lei Zheng, **nYing Zhu, YongChun Zheng, JunDuo Li, **aoDuan Zou, Chun Xu, ShuoBiao Shi, YiFei Gao & GuanNan Gao

  2. Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, 550002, China

    ZiYuan Ouyang

  3. **’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, **’an, 710119, China

    BaoChang Zhao & JianFeng Yang

  4. Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200083, China

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  5. Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nan**g, 210008, China

    ** Chang

  6. Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Bei**g, 100049, China

    HuanYu Wang

  7. Center for Space Science and Applied Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Bei**g, 100190, China

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Ouyang, Z., Li, C., Zou, Y. et al. Primary scientific results of Chang’E-1 lunar mission. Sci. China Earth Sci. 53, 1565–1581 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-010-4056-2

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