The China National Space Administration said that in 2024, a Pakistani satellite is going to be sent to the far side of the Moon along with China's 'Change-6' Lunar Mission.
In this mission, China will also send the payloads of Pakistan, the European Space Agency, France, and Italy to the moon.
China’s Change-6 Lunar Mission payloads.
Radioactive gases will be detected on the moon with the help of France's testing tool, while the laser retroreflector from Italy and the Negative Ion Detector from the European Space Administration will be sent to the moon with this Chinese mission.
According to the sources, an ICUBE-Q CubeSat Settalite of Pakistan will also be a part of this mission and will be sent to the lunar orbit. China is trying to improve the International Lunar Research Station. According to the China National Space Administration, payloads and satellites from 4 different countries will be sent in this mission.
Landing of China Change-6 Lunar Mission
The mission will land on the dark side of the moon, collect samples of the lunar surface and bring it back to Earth. According to CNSA, this will be the first time that material from the dark side of the moon will be brought back to Earth. The advantage of this will be that we will increase our knowledge about the far side of the moon and we will get an opportunity to uncover more secrets.
Purpose of the China Change-6 Mission?
The purpose of this mission is to know the age of the moon.
The main objective of this mission is to collect dust and rock samples from different places on the surface of the moon, which will help us to know the age of the moon.
Apart from this, the objectives of this mission also include information about the different aspects of the moon as well as tell us about the signs of ice on the moon.
More on China's 'Change-6' Lunar Mission:
Change-6 mission will have 4 parts
An orbiter
Lander
Ascender
Re-entry module.
According to the head of the senior planner of the Change-6 mission, if everything goes well, this Chinese mission will land on the south pole of the moon, where India's Chandrayaan-3 has also successfully soft-landed. This mission will carry about 10 kg of additional, which will include satellites and payloads from Europe, Italy, France, and Pakistan.
Before this, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China brought samples of the surface of the moon back to Earth, but the samples from the far side of the moon have not yet been returned. They were not brought by any country, The Lunar far side is the part of the moon that is not visible from the Earth and we know very little about it, that is why it is also called the dark side of the moon.
China will launch the relay satellite Queqiao-2, or Magpie Bridge-2, in 2024 to maintain communication between the far side of the Moon and Earth.
More about Pakistan's satellite ICUBE-Q
This Cubesat satellite was originally named Cubesat-Qamar which is abbreviated as ICUBE-Q.
It has been designed by Pakistan's Institute of Space Technology and China's Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU).
Components of ICUBE-Q
3 parts work within it
▪️Cubeset
▪️Separation mechanism (including power control box)
▪️Mounting bracket
The weight of this satellite will be about 7 kg, which will also take pictures of the surface of the moon with the help of 2 cameras.
As well as this
Altitude control
thermal management
deep space communication
Main objectives of ICUBE-Q
▫️ICUBE-Q CubeSat will concentrate on the
Successfully decoupled from Change-6.
▫️ Orbiter cameras
Separation of ICUBE-Q from Change-6 with the help of ICUBE-Q
▫️ Successful reception of beacon signal from and confirmation of successful operation of CubeSat are also included in its objectives.
ICUBE-Q will launch to Moon On May 2024
It is to be an important step in Pakistan's space exploration journey.
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