Chinese spacecraft reach lunar orbit

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Chinese spacecraft appear to reach lunar orbit despite launch setback

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Two Chinese spacecraft appear to have successfully reached their intended lunar orbits.

The DRO-A and DOO-B spacecraft have successfully entered distant retrograde orbits around the Moon.

China has yet to provide an update on the mission following a short report of a launch anomaly back in March .

The mission is not critical to China ’s immediate lunar plans.

Further U.S. and Japanese commercial missions could launch before the end of the year . “The increasing activity in deep space requires improved situational awareness and international governance,” McDowell added..

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