China successfully launched the Zuezia-2 satellite-reception satellite (“Forty Most-2”) to ensure the connection between research devices and land during missions to the Moon.
Long march-8 launch vehicle with a satellite started from the Wenchan cosmodrome located in the southern island of China Hainan.
It is expected that the satellite will separate from the rocket after a short flight and will take the planned place in the lunar orbit for several days.
A satellite developed by the Chinese Academy of Space Technologies (CAST) was built on the basis of the CAST2000 satellite platform
A device weighing about 1.2 tons has two parabolic antennas with a diameter of 4.2 and 0.6 meters, one of which is used to communicate with research devices on the moon, and the other to transfer data to Earth.
The satellite is primarily designed to ensure communication with the Chan-6 Mark Training, which is planned to be sent this year to collect rocks and soil samples on the dark side of the moon. It will be used later in other intelligence missions.
China plans to continue research on the moon, having launched new missions in the coming years. The country intends to organize manned expeditions to the moon in the 2030s.