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Chinese satellite explores far side of the moon

By Tian Xuefei and Zhou Huiying | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2018-11-14 18:15

A photo of the moon's far side taken by "Longjiang 2", a microsatellite developed by Harbin Institute of Technology in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

"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.

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