The Chang’e-7 includes an orbiter, lander, lunar rover and a small robot which can look for water ice deposits in shaded locations in craters. A brand new communications satellite can support the mission. The lunar rover of the mission will be constructed on the foundation of approximately 140-kilogram solar-powered Yutu-2 and Yutu from the missions Chang’e-3 and Chang’e-4, which landed in 2013 and 2019, respectively. There are going to be variations, though.
Based on the Chinese Space Agency, the Chang’e-7 lunar rover will be much larger and more durable than the Yuty-2. Additionally, it is going to carry more advanced tools. The lunar rover is going to carry a panoramic camera and ground penetrating radar similar to Yutu-2, however, it will also carry a magnetometer and a Raman spectrometer instead of a visible and infrared one and a neutral power atom analyzer from Sweden. Furthermore, the next generation rover is going to be more independent.
It will be more intelligent. ” Yutu-2’s work was a lot more controlled from Earth, although the future rover will be a little more self – sufficient since it will be able to plan its path independently, NASA stated.
Chang’e 6 and Chang’e 8 missions
Just before the launch of Chang’e-7 mission, Chang’e-6 is going to take place, during which China will attempt to gather samples in the far side of the Moon in the South Pole-Aitken basin around the end of 2024.
Afterward, the next Chang’e-8 mission is slated in 2028, after Chang’ e-7. It’s meant in order to test 3d printing technology and also to make use of community resources for building. This particular mission is designed to lay the basis for a project in the 2030s known as the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS).
