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China Moon mission lands Chang'e-4 spacecraft on far side
« on: January 03, 2019, 10:00:34 am »
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China Moon mission lands Chang'e-4 spacecraft on far side

China says it has successfully landed a robotic spacecraft on the far side of the Moon, the first ever such attempt and landing.

At 10:26 Beijing time (02:26 GMT), the un-crewed Chang'e-4 probe touched down in the South Pole-Aitken Basin, state media said.

It is carrying instruments to analyse the unexplored region's geology, as well to conduct biological experiments.

Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46724727

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Re: China Moon mission lands Chang'e-4 spacecraft on far side
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2019, 02:07:53 pm »
Congrats to China and their use of Loral/Clinton technology!

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Re: China Moon mission lands Chang'e-4 spacecraft on far side
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2019, 06:49:05 pm »
There goes the neighborhood.
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Re: China Moon mission lands Chang'e-4 spacecraft on far side
« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2019, 06:59:07 pm »
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Re: China Moon mission lands Chang'e-4 spacecraft on far side
« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2019, 07:04:11 pm »
So now what?  How do they communicate with the lander?

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So the landers must communicate with Earth using a relay satellite named Queqiao - or Magpie Bridge - launched by China last May.

Queqiao orbits 65,000km beyond the Moon, around a Lagrange point - a kind of gravitational parking spot in space where it will remain visible to ground stations in China and other countries such as Argentina.
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Re: China Moon mission lands Chang'e-4 spacecraft on far side
« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2019, 07:33:59 pm »
So now what?  How do they communicate with the lander?

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They do it during the day when the moon isn't out.
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Re: China Moon mission lands Chang'e-4 spacecraft on far side
« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2019, 09:21:28 pm »
How soon before they open the 1st Chinese laundry on the moon. 

There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact, it's all dark.
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Re: China Moon mission lands Chang'e-4 spacecraft on far side
« Reply #7 on: January 03, 2019, 09:30:52 pm »
it's all dark.

????

The side facing the sun is dark?
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Re: China Moon mission lands Chang'e-4 spacecraft on far side
« Reply #8 on: January 03, 2019, 09:38:43 pm »
????

The side facing the sun is dark?

How old are you?


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Re: China Moon mission lands Chang'e-4 spacecraft on far side
« Reply #9 on: January 04, 2019, 12:35:58 am »
Chinese spacecraft becomes first EVER to touch down on dark side of the moon as it transmits never-before-seen 'close range' images after making historic landing

video and photos at link
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6551733/Chinese-spacecraft-land-dark-moon.html
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Re: China Moon mission lands Chang'e-4 spacecraft on far side
« Reply #10 on: January 04, 2019, 12:39:27 am »
How old are you?


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Re: China Moon mission lands Chang'e-4 spacecraft on far side
« Reply #11 on: January 04, 2019, 07:53:31 am »
Gimme some Pink Floyd!

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