Chinese satellite explores far side of the moon
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College students from Northeast China's Heilongjiang province have taken photos of the moon's far side via microsatellite, Dutch TV broadcaster NOS reported on its website.
The students from Harbin Institute of Technology were highly praised in the report, the university said in a press release on Monday.
"Longjiang 2", the microsatellite, was developed by the university and launched via a Long March 4C carrier rocket at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan province in May.
A team of students from the university participated in the research and development of the microsatellite, making HIT the first university in the world to send such a device into lunar orbit.
With complex geological conditions, the far side of the moon has long held the interest of scientists.
In recent months, the microsatellite, partly controlled by the students, has taken many photos of the moon and the earth.
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