Planetary Science
ICUBE-QAMAR (ICUBE-Q)
OperationalPlanetary ScienceLunar
ICUBE-Q or ICUBE-QAMAR was a Pakistani lunar remote sensing nanosatellite and one of the four international payloads of the Chang'e 6 lunar sample-return mission. It was a joint venture between the Institute of Space Technology (IST), Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) and the Intelligent Satellite Technology Center of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), under the framework of Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO). It was Pakistan's first deep-space mission.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 3, 2024 at 09:27 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Wenchang, China
- Launched by
- Long March 5 →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Chang'e 6
- Launch record
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Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Lunar
- Reference body
- Lunar
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Pakistan
- Launch mass
- 7 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2024-083C
- NORAD catalog №
- 59629
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Pakistan
- Status
- Operational