/sci/ - Science & Math

>>16157201
It looks like it's passing through two intermediate orbits before pulling into LLO, and is dropping off a Pakistani rideshare in the initial one

https://twitter.com/SegerYu/status/1786218818978918404
>Chang'e-6 first entered a large elliptical lunar orbit of approximately 200 km × 8,600 km and a period of 12 hours, in which it released the ICUBE-Q cubesat. Chang'e-6 will then brake again to enter an elliptical parking orbit with an altitude of approximately 200 km × 2,200 km and a period of 4 hours. Finally, it brakes again to enter a circular orbit of 200 km × 200 km with a period of about 128 minutes, and the four-device separation (orbit return/landing separation) is carried out in this orbit.

I'd like to see more of them too. They're the only lunar landers right now that have a solid track record of actually landing. Chang'e 7 isn't going to fly until 2026.