08:09 PM
Tuesday 28 June 2022
The US space agency “NASA” launched today, Tuesday, a small satellite about the size of a “microwave”, and the launch came from New Zealand.
This experiment comes from the desire of the US Agency to establish a space station on the surface of the mansion, to serve as a base for astronauts to land again on the surface of the moon, according to “Sky News”.
The “Capstone Cubesat” satellite, which is the size of a microwave oven, will be the first to take the new path around the moon, and will send information for at least 6 months.
The satellite will be launched by California-based Rocket Lab, which is owned and operated by Advanced Space in Colorado.
The mission came relatively quickly, at little cost to NASA, with a total mission cost of $32.7 million.
It will take more than 4 months to put the satellite, which weighs 25 kilograms, into orbit, and it will be done in three phases.