Pakistan is going to the moon today. If everything goes well, they will start their journey on Friday. Through this, the first spacecraft flagged by the country will land on the moon with the help of China.
Pakistani media The Express Tribune and Dawn reported the information.
According to the news, Pakistan’s space research institute Institute of Space Technology (IST) said that Pakistan’s historic lunar mission will start its journey to the moon at 12:50 pm local time on Friday. The Chinese-made Chang’e-6 will take off from a launch pad in the country’s Hainan province. Pakistan’s lunar mission has been named iCube-Q.
According to the Institute of Space Technology, Pakistan’s iCube-Q space satellite has been developed by them. China’s Shanghai University and Pakistan’s National Space Research Institute Superco have helped in this regard. Two optical cameras are attached to the iCube-Q, which can be used to take pictures of the lunar surface, they said.
The iCube-Q has already been integrated with the Chang’an-6 rocket after completing necessary quality tests, IST said. The launch will be broadcast live on IST’s official website and social media platforms.
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