# Chang'e Lander at The Moon: deployment

Canonical ID: `4c7ba169-c58f-4e5e-8c5d-19cd67aa1309`

## Key facts

- **Mission:** Chang'e 4
- **Outcome:** First-ever soft landing on the lunar FAR SIDE (Von Karman crater, South Pole-Aitken basin), 2019-01-03, with autonomous descent + hazard avoidance; deployed Yutu-2 (success)

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-06-05_

- **Slug:** change-4-moon-2019
- **Status:** ended
- **Model:** [Chang'e Lander](/models/change-lander.md) (id: `1a24b3cb-7d0c-4941-8fe0-fd386afbd950`)
- **Company:** [China National Space Administration](/companies/cnsa.md) (id: `1a9f61ca-2bc9-45ff-97dd-7dd20174aaa2`)
- **Location:** [The Moon](/locations/the-moon.md) (id: `f1197527-6621-41c7-95a4-b34f80e2d112`)
- **First seen:** 2019-01-03T12:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang%27e_4

## Common questions

### What is the Chang'e Lander deployment at The Moon?

Chang'e Lander, built by China National Space Administration, is recorded as a deployment at The Moon on the DEPLOY registry. China National Space Administration operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Chang'e Lander at The Moon?

China National Space Administration, the manufacturer of Chang'e Lander, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the Chang'e Lander deployment at The Moon go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting January 3, 2019 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Is the Chang'e Lander deployment at The Moon still active?

As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, this deployment is no longer operating at this location.

### Have there been incidents at the Chang'e Lander deployment at The Moon?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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