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ISLAMABAD Pakistan's maiden lunar satellite iCube has sent its first images captured from the lunar orbit.Khalil Hashmi, Pakistan’s ambassador to China, received data transmitted by the iCube.Hashmi received the first images at a ceremony hosted by the China National Space Administration (CNSA).The iCube satellite, also known as ICUBE-Qamar, was ...

ISLAMABAD China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe, carrying Pakistan’s first moon mission, has successfully entered its circumlunar orbit, state-run media reported on Wednesday,The Chang's-6 successfully performed a near-moon braking procedure before entering the circumlunar orbit at 10:12 a.m. (0212GMT), Xinhua News Agency reported citing a statement by the China National Space Administration.The ...

Bengaluru: The Indian Space Research Organisation on Sunday said it has successfully carried out the orbit reduction manoeuvre of India’s third moon mission Chandrayaan-3, a day after inserting it into the lunar orbit. The space agency said it will carry out the next such operation on August 9. “The ...

Bengaluru: The ISRO on Tuesday said Chandrayaan-3 has completed its orbits around the earth and is now heading towards the Moon. “A successful perigee-firing performed at ISTRAC (ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network). ISRO has injected the spacecraft into the translunar orbit,” it said. The key manoeuvre was carried ...

DUBAI — "The UAE's Hope Probe has successfully entered orbit around Mars," was the catch line of leading world news channels and newspapers. The world media displayed widely the United Arab Emirates' first mission to Mars, the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission, with CNN had its headline "The UAE's ...

Stay tuned to Khaleej Times and our social media channels for live updates, videos, bytes and analyses. The UAE has reached the furthest point in space in Arab history as the Hope Probe made its grand entry to the Red Planet today, February 9. The UAE leaders ...

China on Friday successfully sent 13 satellites, including 10 from Argentina, into the orbit in what was stated to be the biggest launch of foreign satellites by the country that could fetch hundreds of millions of dollars to the communist nation. The satellites, including 10 ...