LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Wed Mar 20 2024
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Queqiao-2
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(12:31 AM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(12:21 AM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(2:16 AM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
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Rocket Details
Name:
Long March 8Description:
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Planetary Science
- 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).
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Pad
201