Queqiao-2
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'''Queqiao-2 relay satellite''' (), is the second of the communications relay and radio astronomy satellites designed to support the fourth phase the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, after Queqiao-1 launched in 2018. The China National Space Administration (CNSA) launched the Queqiao-2 relay satellite on 20 March 2024 to an elliptical frozen orbit around the Moon to support communications from the far side of the Moon and the Lunar south pole.
Wikidata facts
- Country
- China
- Follows
- Queqiao-1
- Mass
- 1200
- Image
- Polrelais.jpg
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- space launch vehicle
- Long March 8
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2024-03-20
- type of orbit
- frozen orbit
- used by
- Chang'e 8
- Commons category
- Queqiao 2
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Background and mission planning
- Design
- Scientific payloads
- Mission
- Comparison of relay satellites
- See also
- References
'''Queqiao-2 relay satellite' (), is the second of the communications relay and radio astronomy satellites designed to support the fourth phase the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, after Queqiao-1 launched in 2018. The China National Space Administration (CNSA) launched the Queqiao-2 relay satellite on 20 March 2024 to an elliptical frozen orbit around the Moon to support communications from the far side of the Moon and the Lunar south pole.
The name Queqiao (, "Magpie Bridge") was inspired by and came from the Chinese tale The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl''.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Queqiao-2” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.