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China launched a reset-retranser for communication with the moon
China launched a retranser satellite to ensure communication between the Earth and the Moon. The launch of the Changzhen-8 launch vehicle took place on the night of March 20 from the Venchan cosmodrome in the Hainan province in the south of the country.
According to the Sinhua agency, the satellite of Zuezia-2 (Forty Most-2) reached a given transition orbit in the regime. It is expected that he will enter orbit around the moon. The reverse side of the moon is always outside the zone of visibility and direct connection with the ground, so the connection with it requires relay signals.
The satellite will transfer to Earth the information received from the apparatus on the study of the Moon "Chane-6", "Chane-7" and "Chany-8".
The first mission should deliver samples of the soil from the south pole of the moon to Earth, the second will send 23 scientific apparatus to the moon to study the satellite, the third, as expected, will be investigated by the technical possibility of building a permanent inhabited base on the Moon.