10 January 2019
China's Chang'e 4 probe has started carrying out a series of scientific research tasks involving multiple countries and organizations since it landed on the far side of the Moon on 3 January, CNSA announced on 10 January. A neutron radiation detector aboard the lander, developed by Germany, and a neutral atom detector on the rover, developed by Sweden, have both switched on for test operations. Queqiao carries a low-frequency radio astronomical instrument developed by the Netherlands. The radioisotope heat source is a collaboration between Chinese and Russian scientists. A micro-imaging camera by Saudi Arabia aboard the micro satellite is orbiting the Moon and has sent back a photo in June 2018, capturing Earth and the Moon together. NASA has offered the orbital data of its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and the Chinese side has provided the landing timing and location, CNSA said.
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CCTV footage including interviews with project scientists

11 January 2019
China sent Zhongxing-2D satellite into space on a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province on 11 January at 1:11 a.m. The satellite has entered the preset orbit. The Chinese-made communication and broadcasting satellite will provide transmission service for the country's radio, television stations and cable television networks.
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11 January 2018
China's Chang'e 4 probe took panoramic photos on the lunar surface after it successfully made the first ever soft-landing on the far side of the Moon. On 11 January, CNSA released the 360-degree panoramic photos taken by a camera installed on the top of the lander.
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Video shows soft landing process of Chang'e 4

Craters surrounding Chang'e 4 pose challenge to lunar rover
11 January 2018
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China declares  Chang'e 4 mission (already a) complete success

12 January 2019
Liu He and Zhang Youxia, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice chairman of the CMC, arrived at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center on 11 January, watching the lander and rover taking photos of each other. Vice Premier Liu He read a congratulatory message. With the complete success of the mission, the fourth phase of China's lunar exploration program and the deep-space exploration programme will be inaugurated. The tasks ahead will be more arduous with unprecedented challenges, according to the message. "We are discussing and drawing up the plan for the fourth phase of the lunar exploration program, including missions to the polar regions of the Moon," said Wu Weiren, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Chief Designer of China's lunar exploration programme.
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