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China’s space agency has taken a critical coque samsung a5 rose pale first step toward an unprecedented robotic landing on the coque samsung galaxy s9 clear view far side of the Moon. On Monday, local time, theChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation launched aLong March 4C rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. Although it did not broadcast the launch, the Chinese space agency said it went smoothly, according to the state news service Xinhua.

“The launch is a key step for China to enlever la coque samsung galaxy s4 realize its goal of being the first country to send a probe to soft land on and rove the far side of coque samsung galaxy a3 2017 loup the Moon,” Zhang Lihua, manager of the relay satellite project, told Xinhua.

About 25 minutes after the launch, theQueqiao spacecraft separated coque samsung galaxy s7 edge transparent from the rocket’s upper stage and began a trip toward ahalo coque samsung j3 phrase orbit of the Earth Moon Lagrange Point L2. Over the next six months, the 425kg spacecraft will undergo tests to ensure it will function properly as a communications relay.

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If so, China will then attempt to launch the Chang’e 4 spacecraft late this year, which will try to make an unprecedented soft landing on the far side of the Moon. This mission will also include a rover to undertake scientific excursions.

However, because the far side of the Moon is the far side, a lander and rover there cannot have a direct line of sight for communications with coque samsung s3 italie Earth. Hence the need for the relay spacecraft at L2, which can capture data coque samsung galaxy s7 edge cultura from the Chang’e 4 lander and send it back to Earth. The relay spacecraft willuse S amazon coque samsung galaxy j7 coque iphone silicone 5 2017 coque batman iphone 5 band coque samsung s5 3d and X band frequencies to communicate.

Of note, theQueqiao spacecraft which means Magpie bridge and is a reference to Chinese folklore will also carry two scientific instruments. coque samsung galaxy grand primeamazon One is coque iphone 5 princesse disney a Dutch radio antenna, which will study celestial radio frequencies coque samsung s7 edge brillante blocked by Earth’s atmosphere. The other instrument is alarge aperture laser angle reflector for ranging ebay coque samsung j5 coque iphone 5 onepiece 2016 measurements between Earth and the spacecraft.

The relay spacecraft should reach its L2 halo orbit in about eight days.

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