Thu, 2024-05-30 12:22
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will launch its latest modern communication satellite, the PAKSAT MM1, into the space today, Thursday, state media reported, weeks after its ICUBE-Qamar (ICUBE-Q) entered lunar orbit.
ICUBE-Q was launched into space on May 3 aboard China’s Chang’e-6 lunar mission from Hainan, China. A major milestone in Pakistan’s space exploration efforts, the satellite successfully entered the moon’s orbit on May 8, and shortly after began transmitting the first images to earth.
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