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PAKSAT MM1

Context

Pakistan is set to launch PAKSAT MM1, its Multi-Mission Communication Satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in China.

About

  • The PAKSAT MM1 project is a collaborative venture between Pakistan's Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco) and the Chinese aerospace industry.
  • Earlier this year, Pakistan celebrated the successful launch of its mini-satellite 'iCube-Qamar' as part of China's Chang'e-6 lunar mission.
  • Pakistan's other space missions: BADR-A, BADR-B, PAKSAT 1-R, PRSS-1, PakTes 1-A, and iCube Qamar.

Fact Box: China's Chang'e-6 mission

  • China's Chang'e-6 mission, set to last for 53 days, aims to collect samples from South Pole-Aitken basin, a large crater on the lunar surface.
  • The impact that formed this basin, believed to be one of the largest in the solar system's history, likely brought up material from the Moon's mantle. By retrieving this material, scientists hope to learn more about the Moon's interior.
  • China has previously achieved a soft landing on the far side of the Moon with its Chang'e-4 mission in 2019. This mission explored the Moon's Von Karman crater using a rover.

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