ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s historic Lunar Mission (Icube-Q) will be launched into space from China on Friday.
According to the Islamabad-based Institute of Space and Technology (IST), the satellite iCube-Q has been developed by IST in collaboration with China’s Shanghai University and Pakistan’s National Space Agency Sparco.
The iCube-Q orbiter is equipped with two optical cameras to image the lunar surface.
Following the successful test of the satellite, iCube-Q has been linked to the Chang’e-6 mission, which will be launched into space on Friday, May 3.
Chang’e-6 is the sixth in a series of Chinese lunar exploration missions.
The launch process will be telecast live on IST website and IST social media.
