LaunchesQueqiao (Chang'e 4 relay satellite)
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Queqiao (Chang'e 4 relay satellite)
Long March 4C · Planetary Science
2018Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center
Mission
Chang'e 4 is a Chinese lunar exploration mission that will incorporate an orbiter, a robotic lander and rover. The orbiter serves as a communications relay satellite. It will be placed into a halo orbit around the Earth-Moon L2 Lagrange point and is planned to support further missions to the far side of the Moon.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- CASC
- Rocket
- Long March 4C
- Orbit
- LO
- Pad
- Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2