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Manfred Memorial Moon Mission (4M) Scale 1:4 Published: October 24, 2014 |
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It was launched Thursday october 23 2014 attached to the last stage of a Chinese Long March 3C rocket from China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
The lunar flyby took place on 28 October 2014. After that, the probe went into a geocentric orbit with a period of 14 days. The probe has remained in space. The last transmission from the spacecraft was received on 11 November 2014, 01:35
The trajectory will be a lunar flyby and return to Earth, with 90% chances of re-entry in the atmosphere. The 10% remaining chances might lead to an orbit.
4M means Manfred Memorial Moon Mission. It is named in the memory of the founder of the aerospace compagny OHB Prof. Manfred Fuchs.
4M carries an amateur radio payload, that will transmit a JT65B signal, which can be decoded by radio amateurs.
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