The Chang’e II satellite, China’s second lunar probe, has successfully entered lunar orbit.
The satellite will be manoeuvred into an orbit 15km above the moon by the end of October.
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The satellite will be able to take high-quality photographs of the moon’s surface with a 1.5m resolution.
Chang’e II will relay high-quality images of the proposed landing sites for Chang’e III, particularly the Bay of Rainbows, over a period of six months, according to bernama.com.
Launched on 1 October from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, Sichuan, the Chang’e II satellite is part of China’s three-phase space programme to land an astronaut on the moon by 2020.
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