<div dir="ltr"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Lunar satellite sends pictures to radio hams</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">GB Times reports a tiny Chinese satellite is orbiting the Moon and allowing radio amateurs to download images<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">One of two microsatellites launched along with a required communications relay satellite in May has quietly been allowing radio operators to download images from the spacecraft taken along its elliptical lunar orbit.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Longjiang-2, aka DSLWP-B, was developed by students at the Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) in Heilongjiang Province, northeast China. Despite having a mass of just 47 kg, the tiny satellite managed to use its own propulsion to slow down and enter lunar orbit while the relay satellite continued past the Moon to its special destination.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Read the full story at <br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://gbtimes.com/a-tiny-chinese-satellite-is-orbiting-the-moon-and-allowing-radio-amateurs-download-images" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none;word-wrap:break-word">https://gbtimes.com/a-tiny-chinese-satellite-is-orbiting-the-moon-and-allowing-radio-amateurs-download-images</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">DSLWP Lunar Amateur Radio Satellites  <br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://amsat-uk.org/2018/04/03/dslwp-lunar-amateur-radio-satellites/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none;word-wrap:break-word">https://amsat-uk.org/2018/04/03/dslwp-lunar-amateur-radio-satellites/</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">DSLWP Radio Information <br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/wp/?page_id=844" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none;word-wrap:break-word">http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/wp/?page_id=844</a></p></div>