Njengoba kwamenyezelwa kudala, iChina ekugcineni iphumelele ukuletha zonke izinhlelo zayo zokuhlola umkhathi futhi, ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, yethula isathelayithi elabhabhadiswa ngegama le UQueqiao, esuke ngo-05: 30 isikhathi sendawo esikhungweni sokuqalisa i-Xichang, esisendaweni yesifundazwe saseSichuan (eningizimu yezwe lase-Asia). Ukuthumela lesi sathelayithi eNyangeni, iChinese Space Agency isebenzise irokhethi elide elithi Mashi 4C.
Ngaphandle kokungabaza sibhekene nesinye sezimanga ezithakazelisa kakhulu esenziwe ngabantu, esihambelana ne- isigaba sokuqala semishini iChang'e 4 ukuthi, njengesikhumbuzo, ukukutshela ukuthi inhloso yayo enkulu ukukwazi ukuhlola ubuso obufihlekile beNyanga, ngokufanayo nangezindlela zendabuko kanye naseMhlabeni akunakwenzeka ukukubona.
Isathelayithi iQueqiao izosebenza njengebhuloho lezokuxhumana phakathi kwephenyo elizongena ohlangothini olude lweNyanga kanye nendawo yokulawula etholakala eMhlabeni.
Inhloso enkulu okuzofanele yenziwe ngusathelayithi iQueqiao ukusebenza njenge ibhuloho lokuxhumana phakathi kokwehla kweChang'4, ezosuka iye ngasekugcineni kweNyanga ngasekupheleni kwehlobo, bese uMhlaba unika amandla ukuxhumana phakathi kwe isikhungo sokulawula, etholakala kwiplanethi yethu, kanye ne-probe yokuthi, lapho isikhathi sifika, izosebenza ohlangothini olude lweNyanga.
Ukwenza lo msebenzi obaluleke kakhulu, iQueqiao ifakwe uchungechunge lwama-antenna wokuxhumana kanye namapaneli elanga. Kususelwa ezitatimendeni ezenziwe ngu- UZhang Lihua, umphathi Wephrojekthi:
Ukwethulwa kuyisinyathelo esisemqoka sokuthi iChina ifinyelele ezinhlosweni zayo zokuba yizwe lokuqala ukuthumela uphenyo lokuhlala phansi kancane ohlangothini olude lweNyanga.
Kuleli qophelo, isathelayithi iQueqiao isivele isendleleni yokudlulisa inyanga, ukusuka lapho izohamba iye endaweni yayo unomphela, izithuthukisa yona ngenxa yamandla adonsela phansi enyanga. Ukungena emininingwaneni ethe xaxa futhi njengoba sekuveziwe, iphenyo lizosebenza ngqo kusuka endaweni yaseLagrange L2 yohlelo lwe-Earth-Moon, indawo ezotholakala emasontweni azayo futhi ezoyivumela ukuthi ihlale cishe amakhilomitha angama-65.000 ngaphezu kobuso benyanga kanye namakhilomitha angama-455.000 ukusuka kwiplanethi yethu.
Irokhethi leLong Mashi 4C, ngaphezu kwesathelayithi iQueqiao, liphathe iziphuphutheki ezimbili zaseChina kanye ne-antenna yezokuxhumana yaseDashi eNyangeni.
Njengokuningiliziwe, ngikutshele ukuthi kule nhloso iChina ayisebenzisanga kuphela irokhethi iLong March 4C ukuthumela isathelayithi i-Queqiao yezokuxhumana, kepha nalabo ababhabhadiswe njengo I-Longjiang-1 y I-Longjiang-2 kanye ne-antenna yaseDashi ephendule kwisichasiso se I-NCLE (INetherlands Chinese Low-Frequency Explorer). Inhloso yeziphuphutheki, njengoba sembulwe ngokusemthethweni, ifaka phakathi ukuzungeza iNyanga ukuba yenze uchungechunge lwezinto ezaziqondiswa yizinkanyezi kuma-wavelengths we-ultralight. Imininingwane eqoqwe yilezi ziphuphutheki izosiza abacwaningi ukuthi baqonde kangcono ukuntwela kokusa, okungukuthi, lezo zikhathi lapho izinkanyezi zokuqala zaqala ukukhanyisa khona.
Endaweni yesibili sithola i-Dutch NCLE antenna. Le antenna ithunyelwe ukuthola imisakazo ebuthakathaka evela ezigabeni zokuqala ze-cosmos yokuqala, ngaleso sikhathi lapho umhlaba ubumnyama, ubanda futhi uqukethe cishe i-hydrogen ngokuphelele. Ngenxa yokusetshenziswa kwale antenna eyinkimbinkimbi, ochwepheshe bazozama bamba amaza phakathi kuka-10 no-30 MHz, okukhombisa ukuthi eMhlabeni kuvinjelwe umkhathi. Le phrojekthi ithuthukiswe umkhakha womphakathi kanye nezimboni ezizimele zaseDutch futhi ngokoqobo, njengoba bekhulumisene, banethemba lokubhala isahluko esisha emlandweni wesayensi yezinkanyezi ngenxa yokubambisana kwabaphathi baseChina.