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The first Russia-China university satellite "Friendship ATYRK," developed by Amur State University in partnership with Harbin Institute of Technology and launched from Vostochny Cosmodrome on November 5th, 2024, continues operating reliably in orbit while conducting scientific experiments in space.

For over four months now, using the "Photon-Aмур" module, researchers at Amur State University have been receiving data essential for studying how factors of outer space affect photovoltaic converters. Materials used in those converters were provided by young scientists working in the Surface Physics Laboratory of the K.E. Tsiolkovsky Research-Educational Center.

In addition to collecting valuable research data, the microsatellite regularly captures stunning images of Earth's surface. Among them are picturesque shots such as Mount Fuji in Japan’s Honshu Island, Lake Qinghai (Siling-Tso) in central Tibet, and Africa's largest lake, Victoria, which spans across Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda. To capture Lake Victoria entirely, two consecutive photographs had to be taken twenty seconds apart due to the immense size of the lake—covering approximately 140 kilometers of distance traveled by the satellite between exposures.