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Long March 8 | Queqiao-2

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation201 — Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

mission

Name
Queqiao-2
Type
Planetary Science
Target orbit
Lunar Orbit (LO)

Queqiao-2 is a Chinese artificial satellite to serve as a communications relay for future Chinese lunar far side missions that cannot communicate directly with the Earth, beginning with the Chang'e 6 lunar sample return mission in 2024. It will operate from a Distant Retrograde Orbit (DRO) of the Moon. The launch also carries the Tiandu-1 & 2 small satellites testing cis-lunar space navigation and inter-satellite communication techniques for CNSA’s Deep Space Exploration Laboratory (DSEL).

schedule

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vehicle & provider

Rocket
Long March 8
Family
Long March
Provider
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Type
Government
Country
CHN

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launch site

Pad
201
Location
Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Country
CHN
Timezone
Asia/Shanghai