Go for LaunchLOPlanetary Science
Long March 5 | Chang'e 7
Chang'e 7/CE-7 is scheduled to launch in 2026, including an orbiter, a lander, a mini-hopping probe, and a rover. The mission will land in the South Pole regions of the Moon to study lunar surface environment around the South Pole, especially in looking for water ice in lunar soil.
Launch window
Aug 24, 2026, 8:24 PM EDT - Aug 24, 2026, 9:32 PM EDT
Provider
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Vehicle
Long March 5
Pad
101
Deployment path
A best-effort 3D view of how this launch is meant to reach its target orbital regime, inferred from Launch Library 2 metadata.
Astro3D + Three.js
Estimated 3D deployment model for Long March 5 | Chang'e 7. The visualization uses the launch pad location and broad target orbit metadata. It is not live telemetry and does not show the exact flight path.
Estimated trajectoryLO
101
Amber arc shows an inferred ascent from the pad into a broad target regime. Exact azimuth, staging, altitude, and deployment timing are not provided by this data feed.
Cislunar transfer profile
Deployment model
Best-effort visualization using LL2 pad coordinates and target orbit metadata. It is an explanatory model, not a flight dynamics product.
Launch
Long March 5 | Chang'e 7
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation / Long March 5
Target regime
Target shell: beyond GEO transfer
Lunar Orbit (LO)
Inferred from cislunar transfer metadata
Deployment cue
Planetary Science
Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Mission intelligence
What the launch is for, inferred from Launch Library mission metadata.
Payload / mission
Chang'e 7
Purpose
Planetary Science
Target orbit
Lunar Orbit (LO)
Customer / agencies
Not available
Mission brief
Chang'e 7/CE-7 is scheduled to launch in 2026, including an orbiter, a lander, a mini-hopping probe, and a rover. The mission will land in the South Pole regions of the Moon to study lunar surface environment around the South Pole, especially in looking for water ice in lunar soil.
Launch news
Recent reporting matched to this launch and mission context.
China’s Chang’e-7 arrives at spaceport for lunar south pole exploration missionSpaceNews / Apr 10, 2026, 7:52 AM EDTChina’s multi-element Chang’e-7 lunar spacecraft has arrived at Wenchang spaceport for launch preparations ahead of a planned liftoff in the second half of 2026.
The post China’s Chang’e-7 arrives at spaceport for lunar south pole exploration mission appeared first on SpaceNews.China’s Chang’e-7 moon mission to target Shackleton craterSpaceNews / Jan 30, 2024, 7:07 AM ESTChina will attempt to land on the illuminated rim of Shackleton crater near the lunar south pole with its 2026 Chang’e-7 mission.China Loses UAE As Lunar Mission PartnerThe Launch Pad / Mar 24, 2023, 12:28 PM EDTAn agreement for a United Arab Emirates (UAE) rover to fly on China’s Chang’e-7 lunar mission has reportedly been impacted by US export control rules.China loses UAE as partner for Chang’e-7 lunar south pole missionSpaceNews / Mar 24, 2023, 8:48 AM EDTAn agreement for a United Arab Emirates’ rover to fly on China’s Chang’e-7 lunar mission has apparently been hit by U.S. export control rules.
Mission
Payload, orbit, timing, and launch status.
Mission name
Chang'e 7
Mission type
Planetary Science
Orbit
Lunar Orbit (LO)
NET precision
Hour
Weather probability
Not available
Weather concerns
Not available
Hold reason
Not available
Fail reason
Not available
Provider and vehicle
Launch service provider and rocket configuration.
Provider
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Provider type
Government
Provider abbrev
CASC
Launchers
Long March
Spacecraft
Not available
Vehicle family
Long March 5
Vehicle full name
Long March 5
Vehicle variant
Not available
Timeline and updates
Latest status changes from LL2.
Aug 24, 2026, 8:30 PM EDT
Last updated Aug 22, 2026, 10:44 AM EDT
Delayed to August 25 due to launch site weather.
Cosmic_Penguin / Aug 22, 2026, 10:44 AM EDT
Refined launch window per new NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin / Aug 20, 2026, 8:12 AM EDT
Updated launch date and window per new NOTAMs; Assignment of this launch to the one in this time window is uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin / Jul 20, 2026, 8:30 AM EDT
NET August.
Cosmic_Penguin / May 3, 2026, 5:30 PM EDT
Updated launch year.
Cosmic_Penguin / Oct 3, 2023, 5:39 AM EDT
NET 2026.
Cosmic_Penguin / Apr 25, 2023, 9:41 AM EDT
Information links
0 linked resources
No links provided.
Video and webcast links
0 linked resources
No links provided.
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