China's Hang Nga 2 ship orbit L2

Xinhua News Agency reported that Chinese scientists on August 30 announced that the country's second Russian Lunar Lunar explorer ship went deep into the universe about 1.5 million kilometers from Earth.

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The ship is currently orbiting the second Lagrange Point (L2) orbit, where gravity from the Sun and Earth balances the orbital motion of a satellite.

According to China's Defense Industry, Technology and Science Commission (SASTIND), Hang Nga 2 went into orbit L2 on August 25 after a 77-day journey from leaving the orbit around the Moon earlier. .

SASTIND affirmed that China is now the third country or organization in the world to successfully bring a spacecraft into orbit around L2, behind the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Aeronautics Agency. United States (NASA).

SASTIND said that Hang Nga 2 ship will conduct exploration activities around L2 next year.

The 'Lagrange points' , which are five positions in the interplanetary space, where a spacecraft can stand fixed compared to Earth and the Sun and the ships only need a minimum amount of energy to adjust the fund. religion.

Hang Nga 2 has completed all assigned tasks after taking off on October 1, 2010. Although the ship is only scheduled to operate in the six-month universe, SASTIND has decided to assign more duties to the ship because it still has fuel in its reserve.

According to SASTIND, advancing into the universe from Moon's orbit is one of Hang Nga's most important missions.

Before reaching the current position in the outer universe, Chang Er 2 took pictures of the North and South Pole of the Moon.

The ship then descended to a lower orbit about 15km from the surface of the celestial body in Hang Nga 2 capturing high-resolution photos of 'Rainbow Bay.' This is the area where future Moon probes can land.

It is reported that SASTIND is planning to take the measurement and control stations to outer space by the end of next year. Hang Nga 2 ship will be used to test the function of these two stations at that time.