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ChangE-2 Mission To Lagrange L2 PointBethesda, MD (SPX) Oct 10, 2012 Last week, the 63rd International Astronautical Congress was held in Naples, Italy. One of the more interesting papers addresses the recent Chinese Chang'e-2 mission to the Earth-Sun L2 Lagrange point, located along the extended line of the two bodies, but lying in the shadow of the Earth. Chang'e-2 was launched two years ago, on Oct 1st 2010. It primary mission was to maintain a lunar orbit for several months, which was successful. That mission was completed by April 2011 and an additional ... read more |
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