Illustration of a lunar orbiter with a scientific camera above craters near the Moon’s south pole.

تَأْجِيلُ إِطْلَاقِ مِهَمَّةِ «تْشانْغْ آه-٧» وَمَعَهَا كاميرا بَحْرَيْنِيَّةٌ مِصْرِيَّةٌ

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أَعْلَنَتِ السُّلُطاتُ الصِّينِيَّةُ يَوْمَ الأَحَدِ، ٢٣ أَغُسْطُسَ ٢٠٢٦، تَأْجِيلَ إِطْلاقِ مِهَمَّةِ «تْشانْغْ آه-٧» إِلَى القَمَرِ. وَقالَتْ إِنَّ المِهَمَّةَ لا تَسْتَوْفِي شُروطَ الإِطْلاقِ، وَلِذٰلِكَ لَنْ تُنَفَّذَ خِلالَ نافِذَةِ الإِطْلاقِ المُخَطَّطِ لَها هٰذا العامَ.

وَكانَ مَنْ المُتَوَقَّعِ أَنْ تُطْلَقَ المِهَمَّةُ مِنْ مَرْكَزِ وِنْتْشانْغْ فِي جَنوبِ الصِّينِ فِي الأَيّامِ الأَخِيرَةِ مِنْ أَغُسْطُسَ. وَلَمْ تُعْلِنِ السُّلُطاتُ سَبَبًا مُفَصَّلًا لِلتَّأْجيلِ أَوْ مَوْعِدًا جَديدًا لِلْإِطْلاقِ.

تَهْدِفُ «تْشانْغْ آه-٧» إِلى دِراسَةِ القُطْبِ الجَنوبِيِّ لِلْقَمَرِ، وَالبَحْثِ عَنْ جَليدِ الماءِ فِي الفُوَّهاتِ الَّتي تَبْقى مُظْلِمَةً دائِمًا. وَتَضُمُّ المِهَمَّةُ مَرْكَبَةً مَدارِيَّةً، وَمَرْكَبَةَ هُبوطٍ، وَعَرَبَةً جَوّالَةً، وَمَرْكَبَةً قادِرَةً عَلى القَفْزِ.

وَسَتَحْمِلُ المَرْكَبَةُ المَدارِيَّةُ كاميرا «لُونَا إتش كام»، وَهِيَ كاميرا طَيْفِيَّةٌ فائِقَةُ الدِّقَّةِ طُوِّرَتْ بِتَعاوُنٍ بَيْنَ الوَكالَةِ الوَطَنِيَّةِ لِعُلومِ الفَضاءِ فِي البَحْرَيْنِ وَوَكالَةِ الفَضاءِ المِصْرِيَّةِ. وَسَتُساعِدُ صُوَرُها العُلَماءَ عَلى دِراسَةِ مَوادِّ سَطْحِ القَمَرِ وَبِيئَتِهِ.

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Chang’e-7 Launch Delayed, Carrying a Bahraini-Egyptian Camera

Chinese authorities announced on Sunday, August 23, 2026, that the launch of the Chang’e-7 mission to the Moon had been delayed. They said that the mission did not meet launch conditions, so it will not take place during this year’s planned launch window.

The mission had been expected to launch from the Wenchang center in southern China during the final days of August. The authorities did not announce a detailed reason for the delay or a new launch date.

Chang’e-7 aims to study the Moon’s south pole and search for water ice in craters that remain permanently dark. The mission includes an orbiter, a lander, a rover, and a vehicle able to jump.

The orbiter will carry LunaHcam, a high-resolution hyperspectral camera developed jointly by Bahrain’s National Space Science Agency and the Egyptian Space Agency. Its images will help scientists study materials on the Moon’s surface and its environment.

Key Vocabulary

Arabic Part of speech English
تَأْجِيلٌ noun delay; postponement
إِطْلَاقٌ noun launch
يَسْتَوْفِي verb to meet; to fulfill
شُرُوطٌ noun conditions
نافِذَةُ الإِطْلَاقِ noun phrase launch window
القُطْبُ الجَنُوبِيُّ noun phrase south pole
جَلِيدُ الماءِ noun phrase water ice
فُوَّهَةٌ noun crater
مَرْكَبَةٌ مَدارِيَّةٌ noun phrase orbiter
طَيْفِيَّةٌ adjective spectral; hyperspectral
بِيئَةٌ noun environment

Sources

  1. الجزيرة نت: «تشانغ آه-7».. الصين تقود أجرأ مغامرة لاقتحام «فوهات الظلام» على القمر
  2. صحيفة الشعب اليومية أونلاين / شينخوا: مسبار «تشانغ آه-7» الصيني لن يُطلق في الفترة الزمنية المخطط لها هذا العام

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