Chinese spacecraft successfully entered lunar orbit

According to Chinese media, which quotes the magazine Scientific American , their spacecraft successfully entered lunar orbit. The device rotates around the moon in an elliptical orbit (minimum height - 200 km, the maximum - 5300 km) and makes a complete revolution for 8 hours. This unit is a service module, part of the recent successful mission "Chañe." Persons on board a variety of equipment will help you choose a place for the future of the mission in which to return the unit will have to reach the surface of the moon and return home with samples of soil.

Zhao Wenbo, deputy director of China's State Administration for Science and Technology, said: "This is the first time that a Chinese spacecraft passed L2 (Lagrange point), after which the service module made three turns around the point, thereby expanding the space mission." At the moment, the system operates properly.

Asian countries confirm their rapid and successful development of space achievements. In September 2014 the Indian spacecraft Mangalyaan entered orbit around Mars . In November 2014 he returned to Earth successfully Chinese lunar reentry vehicle « Chañe 5-T1 », who was able to fly around the Moon and return home.

Source: geektimes.ru/post/244183/