Pakistan launches its first lunar orbit mission ICUBE-Q

ISLAMABAD, May 03 (SABAH): Pakistan on Friday launched its first lunar orbit mission ICUBE-Q.

The lunar mission was launched on board China’s Chang’E6 Lunar Probe from Hainan, China.                     

ICUBE-Q has been designed and developed by the Institute of Space Technology in collaboration with China’s Shanghai University and Pakistan’s national space agency SUPARCO.

The mission will facilitate scientific research, technology development, and educational initiatives in space exploration.

Meanwhile Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has felicitated the nation and the scientists for launching the first lunar orbit mission.

In a statement on Friday, PM Shehbaz Sharif said ICUBE-Q satellite is Pakistan’s first step in the space.

The Prime Minister said Pakistani scientists, engineers and skilled workers are proving their mettle in this field like the expertise they exhibited in the nuclear technology.

He expressed tribute to the core committee of the Institute of Space Technology, including Dr. Khurram Khurshid, all the members of the SUPARCO team and students, who participated in this project.