China is going to launch artificial moon that will light up night skies and urban areas

Strange but true that China is going to launch their own artificial moon by 2020 that will light up the night skies and urban areas. This artificial moon like satellite will replace the streetlamps and lower the electricity costs in urban areas, according to China Daily a city in southwestern Sichuan Province, Chengdu is developing artificial satellite which will shine with the real moon in the sky but eight times brighter. 

The first man-made moon or artificial moon will be launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan, with three more to follow in 2022 if the first test goes well.  

Though the first launch will be for experiment purpose only, the artificial moon that they will launch in the year 2022 will be the real deal with great civic and commercial potential.  



But how will this artificial moon work. Well, the answer is pretty simple, this artificial moon will work exactly like our real moon works. It will use the light coming from the Sun and will reflect it to earth.  

By reflecting the light coming from the Sun this artificial moon will be able to replace the streetlamps in urban areas and this would help China to save the estimated electricity costs 170 million dollar a year if this man-made moon will be able to light up an area of 50 square kilometers. Is not it strange?   

This man-made moon's purpose is to assist the country in cases like blackouts and natural disasters. Though this thing sounds like something we see in Science Fiction movie, but this is going to happen in real.  

This artificial moon will be much brighter than the moon we are used to, according to Wu Chunfeng, head of Tian Fu New Area Science Society in Chengdu. This object has a planned orbit of about 310 miles above Earth. This distance is much closer than the real moon, which orbits an average distance of 239,000 miles from our Earth. 


As the artificial moon is much closer than the real moon the light that we will get from the artificial moon will be much brighter.  


The fake moon is expected to be launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China's Sichuan province.   



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