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). (Original, deutsche Fassung folgt)

Long March 8

Karte laden (OpenStreetMap)

Kartenvorschau: The Space Devs · Interaktive Karte: OpenStreetMap (laedt erst nach Klick)

• 20.03.2024 Start erfolgreich.
• 20.03.2024 Abheben
• 18.03.2024 T-0 leicht angepasst.
• 15.03.2024 Updated launch window per additional NOTAMs. (Original, deutsche Fassung folgt)
• 15.03.2024 Added tentative launch date and window per NOTAMs; Identity of launch with launch vehicle and payload combination uncertain. (Original, deutsche Fassung folgt)
• 02.10.2023 NET March 2024. (Original, deutsche Fassung folgt)
• 25.04.2023 Start hinzugefügt.

Quelle: Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs)

Chinese Lunar Exploration Program

The Chinese Lunar Exploration Program also known as the Chang'e Project after the Chinese moon goddess Chang'e, is an ongoing series of robotic Moon missions by the China National Space Administration (CNSA). The program incorporates lunar orbiters, landers, rovers and sample return spacecraft, launched using Long March rockets. (Original, deutsche Fassung folgt)