IQUB-QAMAR: Pakistan’s small satellite IQUB-Qamar satellite along with Chang’e-6 moon mission from Henan province of China has sent pictures of the Sun and the Moon.

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Islamabad: Pakistan’s first lunar orbiter has sent the first pictures of the Sun and the Moon. This ‘orbiter’ was launched with China’s lunar mission. Information regarding this was given on Friday. Pakistan’s small satellite ‘Icube Qamar’ was launched as part of China’s Chang’e 6 lunar mission. This mission had left from Henan province on May 3. Maria Tariq, spokeswoman for Suparco, Pakistan’s national space agency, told Dawn.com that the China National Space Agency (CNSS) organized a ceremony to mark the success of the mission in which the photos were shown.

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Maria Tariq said the photographs were officially handed over to Pakistan’s Ambassador to China during a ceremony in Beijing. Maria said, “On May 8, at 1:14 pm local time, the Pakistani CubeSat separated from the orbiter and after circling the lunar orbit for 12 hours, it successfully captured the first pictures.” CNSA Said that Pakistan’s Icube-Qamar successfully separated from Chang’e-6 and achieved further mission success.

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Releasing the pictures, CNSA said that in the first image the sun appears as a bright object, while in the second picture half of the moon is seen shining. The third image shows the moon on the left and the sun on the right, CNSA said. ‘iCube-Qamar’ has been jointly developed by Islamabad Space Technology University and Shanghai University of China. Two high-tech cameras have been installed in it to capture photographs of the lunar surface.