The successful launch of the Chinese Queqiao-2 mission and rocket, an advanced satellite designed to facilitate communication between the Earth and the Moon, has been announced. This event represents a significant breakthrough for China’s lunar ambitions, which include missions to collect samples from the unexplored region of the Moon.
A successful launch
This satellite detached from the carrier rocket and reached its target orbit only 24 minutes after launch. The orbit achieved has a closest point to Earth of 200 kilometers and a farthest point of 420,000 kilometers, from where Queqiao-2 will operate to establish a constant communication link between the Earth and the Moon.
In addition, the successful deployment of Queqiao-2’s solar panels and antennas shortly after reaching orbit underscores the technological progress China has made in the global space race.
This triumph comes in the shadow of a recent setback in China’s space program, when two experimental lunar satellites failed to reach their planned orbit because of a failure of the Long March-2C rocket just five days before the Queqiao-2 launch.
The project and mission of the Chinese carrier rocket Queqiao-2
The project, led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was intended to evaluate space-based laser communication technologies critical to the country’s future space exploration. These technologies are vital to the Chang’e 6 mission, scheduled for this year, which will seek to collect samples from the far side of the Moon using Queqiao-2’s communication capabilities.
The successful launch of the mission. Source: CCTV Video News Agency
China continues to demonstrate its commitment and ability to achieve important milestones in space exploration. space exploration China continues to demonstrate its commitment and ability to achieve important milestones in space exploration, highlighting its achievement of being the first country to land on the far side of the Moon and its successful mission to Mars.
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Source: Space News
Photo: CCTV Video News Agency
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