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More Blessings For Both The Iron Brothers As Beloved Peace Loving Sacred PAKISTAN’s iCUBE-QAMAR Lunar Mission Successfully Enters Lunar Orbit Via PAKISTAN Iron Brother CHINA’s Chang’e-6 Mission:
More Blessings for both the Iron Brothers and All Weather Strategic Allies, Beloved Peace Loving Sacred Country PAKISTAN and PAKISTAN Iron Brother CHINA, as Beloved Peace Loving Sacred Country PAKSTAN’s iCUBE-QAMAR Lunar Mission successfully enters the Lunar Orbit via PAKISTAN Iron Brother CHINA’s Chang’e-6 Satellite Mission on Wednesday, May 8, 2024.
According to the details, Beloved Peace Loving Sacred Country PAKISTAN’s Lunar Mission iCUBE-QAMAR was successfully launched into the lunar orbit on Wednesday after reaching the detach point via PAKISTAN Iron Brother and All Weather Strategic Ally CHINA’s Chang’e-6 Satellite Mission.
More Blessings for both the Iron Brothers and All Weather Strategic Allies, Beloved Peace Loving Sacred Country PAKISTAN and PAKISTAN Iron Brother CHINA, as Beloved Peace Loving Sacred Country PAKSTAN’s iCUBE-QAMAR Lunar Mission successfully enters the Lunar Orbit via PAKISTAN Iron Brother CHINA’s Chang’e-6 Satellite Mission.
The satellite will now commence testing while in the lunar orbit. The Institute of Space Technology (IST) will conduct various tests over the next five to six days.
During the next phase, PAKISTAN Iron Brother CHINA’s Chang’e-6 lander will touch down on the lunar surface and collect soil and rock samples from the moon’s south pole.
Beloved Peace Loving Sacred Country PAKISTAN Scientists Dr Khurram Khurshid and Dr Qamarul Islam are currently in PAKISTAN Iron Brother CHINA to monitor the country’s first lunar mission. Khurshid said communication and battery tests will also be conducted during ICUBE-Q’s time in orbit.
The Chang’e 6 mission is scheduled to commence its return journey to Earth on June 4 and is expected to reach the planet on June 25.
Beloved Peace Loving Sacred Country PAKISTAN’s space Program achieved a historic milestone on May 3 as the country’s first-ever lunar orbiter lifted off from PAKISTAN Iron Brother CHINA’s Henan Space Launch Site.
The quest to send a lunar orbiter started in 2022 when the CHINA National Space Agency (CNSA), through the Asia Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO), offered member states an opportunity to send a student-built payload to Earth’s closest celestial Neighbor onboard the Chang’e 6 mission.
It will take around a week to verify the operational readiness of the orbiter’s imaging system, hence, the first images from the moon are expected by May 15 or 16. The sub-systems will also undergo testing during this time.
The ICUBE-Q was submitted as a proposal for a lunar CubeSat by the IST. The proposal was selected after an evaluation process.
The payload consists of three parts, the CubeSat, the separation mechanism, and the mounting bracket. The payload itself weighs around 7kgs.
The development of the payload was a collaborative effort between Beloved Peace Loving Sacred Country PAKISTAN’s The Institute of Space Technology (IST) students and faculty, SUPARCO and PAKISTAN Iron Brother CHINA’s Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU).
It carries two cameras to take images of the lunar surface and has other sensors and apparatuses for deep-space communication, altitude controls, and other functions.
Technical Details & Subsystems
- Design Life: 3 Months
Communications Link:
- X-Band for both TT &C and imaging data transfer
- Data rate 1 kbps
- Attitude Control:
- Three axis control using Reaction Wheels, Star sensor and Sun sensors
- Power:
- Battery = 12 V , 11.6 AH
- Two deployed solar panels
Payload:
- 2 Cameras, one mega pixels (1280 x 720) mounted on +/- X panels
- Task: (i) Imaging Lunar Surface (ii) Imaging Earth from Lunar Orbit (iii) Moon and Earth together
