This a record!.... Four satellites!.... Count them!....Four satellites orbiting the Moon at the same time!
I don't recall the last time three satellites orbited
the Moon at the same time...
Do you know, Raoul?
I think it was July, 20th or July 21, 1969, when Eagle, Columbia
and Luna 16 orbited the Moon at the same time.
But!...There are FOUR!... Count them!... Four satellites orbiting
the Moon at the same time...I think that's a new record.
Speaking of record...The Chinese Lunar orbiter, Chang'e 1,
will soon achieve a space FIRST of its own...
It will broadcast a taped music concert from Lunar orbit...A first.
Jack Schmitt and Eugene Cernan's attempt at singing
from the Lunar surface doesn't count.
The information is found at the Planetary Society's website and blog webpage.
Jake
