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==End of mission== On 1 March 2009, at 08:13:10 UTC, Chang'e 1 crashed onto the surface of the Moon, ending its mission. According to the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (China), this was a planned and controlled impact.<ref name="AP">{{cite news | url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2009-03-02-china-lunar-crash_N.htm | title=China lunar probe mission ends with planned crash | agency=Associated Press | work=USA Today|access-date=2009-03-02 | date=2009-03-02}}</ref> Impact point was {{Coord|1.50|S|52.36|E|globe:Moon|display=inline}}.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2007-051A|title = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog β Chang'e 1|access-date = 2011-01-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90781/90876/6603492.html|website= China People's Daily Online | date=2 March 2009 |title=Chang'e-1 impacts Moon (coordinates) |access-date = 2011-01-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Smackdown | work=Aviation Week & Space Technology | date=9 March 2009 | volume=70 | issue=10 | page=16 }}</ref> During its orbital mission the probe transmitted 1,400 gigabits or 175 gigabytes (GB) of data.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chang'e-1 - eoPortal Directory - Satellite Missions|url=https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/c-missions/chang-e-1|access-date=2021-11-18|website=directory.eoportal.org}}</ref>
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