Andrew is a freelance space journalist with a focus on reporting on China's rapidly growing space sector. He began writing for Live Science sister site Space.com in 2019, and he also writes for SpaceNews, IEEE Spectrum, National Geographic, Sky & Telescope, New Scientist and others.
A pair of small experimental satellites have begun tests related to future lunar communication and navigation services for China's moon ambitions.
China's Deep Space Exploration Lab stated on April 13 that Tiandu-1 and Tiandu-2 had carried out tests of high-reliability transmission and routing between Earth and the lunar surface. Related: 'Everything has changed since Apollo': Why landing on the moon is still incredibly difficult in 2024 RELATED STORIES—Packs of dog-shaped robots could one day roam the moon — if they can find their footing on Earth first—What happened when the moon 'turned itself inside out' billions of years ago?
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