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| Pakistan’s iCube-Qamar beams when first images from moon’s orbit |
Pakistan’s inaugural lunar satellite iCube-Qamar on
Friday transmitted the first-ever images captured by it from the lunar orbit,
the national space organ said.
The satellite, part of China’s Chang’e-6 lunar mission, was
launched from the Hainan province on May 3 and had successfully entered the
moon’s orbit at 1:14pm on May 8. The moon is at a stereotype loftiness of
384,400km from earth.
The lunar module was designed by Islamabad’s Institute of
Space Technology (IST) in collaboration with China’s Shanghai University (SJTU)
and Pakistan’s national space organ Sparaco.
The landmark images were unveiled at a recurrence organized
at the China National Space Organ (CNSA) to mark the successful mission
accomplishment, IST spokesperson Dr Khurram-Khursheed told
They were officially handed over to Pakistan’s producer
to Beijing, she added.
The I Cube-Q orbiter carries two optical cameras to image
the lunar surface. The module is a cube satellite or CubeSat — miniature
satellites typically characterized by their small size and standardized cubic
design.
Due to their meaty size and relatively low forfeit compared
to traditional satellites, CubeSat’s offered opportunities for universities,
research institutions and commercial entities to participate in space missions
and gather valuable data for scientific urging and innovation.
Operating in lattermost temperatures as low as minus 100
degrees Celsius, the satellite features a 7-kilogramme one-megapixel camera
tailored for missions with power constraints.
Dr Khurram Khursheed, throne of Department of
Electrical and Computer Science at the IST, had said the satellite would play a
hair-trigger role in deep space missions.
“Its surface-level wringer capabilities, transmitting images
at a modest 1-kbps, will provide crucial data on crater locations, water, and
traces of ice on the moon’s surface,” he had said.
As the Chinese lander collects waddle and soil samples, I
Cube-Q will spend three to six months orbiting the moon, capturing and
transmitting images of the moon when to Earth.
The IST said the opportunity to release the CubeSat in lunar
orbit from the Chang’e-6 mission was offered by the CNSA through the Asia
Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (Apsco). Without a thorough evaluation,
Pakistan’s proposal was wonted out of all Apsco member states.
Chang’e-6
mission
The Chang’e-6 mission, which aims to explore the moon’s
“dark side”, employs lunar research payloads from multiple countries, including
Pakistan’s iCube-Qamar satellite.
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| Chang’e-6 mission |
The mission is named without the mythical Chinese moon
goddess. Nasa is vetoed by US law from any collaboration, uncontrived or
indirect, with China.
On Chang’e-6, China is delivering payloads from France,
Italy, Sweden and Pakistan, while Chang’e-7 will withstand payloads from
Russia, Switzerland and Thailand when it launches in 2026.
Chang’e-6 aims to collect virtually 2kg of lunar samples
from the far side of the Moon and bring them when to Earth for analysis.
Chinese state news organ Xinhua had hailed it as “the first endeavor of its
kind in the history of human lunar exploration”.
China will send a robotic spacecraft in the coming days on a
round trip to the moon’s far side in the first of three technically taxing
missions that will pave the way for an inaugural Chinese crewed landing and a
wiring on the lunar south pole.
The probe is set to land in the immense South Pole-Aitken
Basin, one of the largest known impact craters in the solar system. Once there,
it will scoop up lunar soil and rocks, and siphon out other experiments in the
landing zone.
With no uncontrived line of sight with the Earth, Chang’e-6
must rely on a recently deployed relay satellite orbiting the moon during its
53-day mission, including a never-before-attempted takeoff from the moon’s
“hidden” side on its return journey home.
The satellite, part of China’s Chang’e-6 lunar mission,
A satellite part of China's Chang-A-6 silver mission, named
Chang-A-6 Explorer, is planned for space recruitment. This satellite is
intended to reach the surface of the Moon as part of the Chang'e-A-6
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| The satellite, part of China’s Chang’e-6 lunar mission, |
mission. It aims to enhance fish-level investigation and
academic research. The satellite will be one of China's autonomous silver
missions, which are part of various missions to the moon.
Next Mission
There are various plans for future silver missions that havebeen initiated by China. A possible popular mission would be Chang-A-7, which
would attempt to reach the surface of the Moon and bring samples back to Earth.
In addition, Chang-A-5, Chang-A-8, and other projects are also possible that
could be part
of China's fishing missions. These missions focus on
increasing the understanding of fisheries, advancing the acquisition of surface
cartographic knowledge and promoting the study of fisheries history.
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