Abstract

The scientific objectives of ChangE-3 mission were to: examine the texture, mineralogy, and structure of the local lunar terrain; determine the distribution and composition of minerals, rocks, and soils surrounding the landing sites; image the Earths plasmasphere and operate an ultraviolet astronomy camera on the moon. Four kinds of scientific instruments are chosen as the payloads for ChangE-3 lander, which include topography camera, lunar optical telescope, extreme ultraviolet imager and landing camera so on. And other four kinds of scientific instruments are chosen as the payloads for lunar rover, which include panoramic cameras, lunar radar, IR acousto-optic spectrometer, X-ray spectrometer and so on. This paper mainly introduces scientific exploration mission, the scientific payloads design and construction. The checkout results are also described in detail.

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