This was reported by Xinhua, according to Ukrinform’s report.

According to data from the National Space Administration of the People’s Republic of China, after about 112 hours of flight on Monday, the satellite began to slow down at an altitude of about 440 kilometers above the lunar surface and successfully entered the designated lunar orbit after 19 minutes. .

In the future, “Queqiao-2” (Queqiao-2 is translated from Chinese “Magpie Bridge-2″), which adjusts the altitude and inclination of its orbit around the Moon, will gradually enter the target elliptical orbit around the Earth satellite and perform communication control with the Moon probes, currently on board the satellite. Chang’e-4” and “Chang’e-6” (Chang’e-4, Chang’e-6), which is scheduled to be launched this year.

The space administration noted that deceleration around the moon is the most important action of orbital control during the flight of the lunar satellite, the satellite must begin to slow down when approaching a space object and maintain the necessary speed to be captured by the gravity of the moon. More flights around.

Along with Qiueqiao-2, which successfully performed the braking maneuver and entered lunar orbits, two communication and navigation technology test satellites, Tiandu-1 and Tiandu-2 (Tiandu-1, Tiandu-2), were sent into space. Then, with the command from Earth, these two spacecraft will separate from each other and enter their own orbits.

As reported by Ukrinform, China launched a new relay satellite on March 20 to ensure communications between the Earth and the Moon; This is considered key to future missions to explore our planet’s natural satellite, especially to find very distant samples. Examining the side of the Moon and its south pole.

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