Long March 4C | Queqiao (Chang'e 4 relay satellite)

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Long March 4C | Queqiao (Chang'e 4 relay satellite)

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.

Mission type: Planetary Science · Orbit: Lunar Orbit

Rocket: Long March 4C · Provider: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Launch pad

Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China · View on map (opens in new tab)