China is launching their own artificial moon by 2020 - The Incredible Truth
Artificial Moon project – China
China is launching their own artificial moon by 2020. The
first man made moon of china will be a substitute of street light. The
governmental press ‘China daily’ said that The ‘new moon’ is getting ready in a city called Chengdu which is the capital of Sichuan province, southwestern china. This artificial moon will give light like the real moon
does.
The artificial moon would be actually an illumination
satellite and would give light 8 times brighter than the real moon light.
Wu Chunfeng, the chairman of Chengdu Aerospace Science and
Technology Microelectronics System Research Institute, is also the head of the project
said in an interview; in 2020 the artificial moon will be sent to the space for
experiment. If the experiment will successful then, 3 more ‘new moons’ will be
sent in 2022 to the space.
The artificial moon will have solar panel like wings with
highly reflective coating to reflect sunlight onto the ground. Other details
like cost and exact launch date are not released yet. The satellite will be
able to illuminate an area with a diameter of 6 to 50 miles. The satellite will
be in a planned orbit about 500 km above Earth.
The city, Chengdu spend 170 million US dollar for the street
lights. This expense will be zero if the project will work. Also in any
critical situation and disaster the rescue will not stop due to electricity
problem, there will be enough light to enlighten a huge area.
China is not the first country to take this kind of project.
In 1999, Russian scientists launched a prototype for giant reflectors from the
Mir space station that would beam sunlight to far northern cities during dark
winters. The mirror called Znamya 2, got stuck and failed to open fully.
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Znamya 2 |
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