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QUEQIAO

OperationalPlanetary ScienceEarth-Moon L-point

Queqiao relay satellite (Chinese: 鹊桥号中继卫星; pinyin: Quèqiáo hào zhōngjì wèixīng; lit. 'Magpie Bridge relay satellite'), was the first of the pair of communications relay and radio astronomy satellites for the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program. The China National Space Administration (CNSA) launched the Queqiao relay satellite on 20 May 2018 to a halo orbit around the Earth–Moon L2 Lagrangian point Queqiao is the first communication relay and radio astronomy satellite at this location.

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Launch

Launch date
May 20, 2018 at 09:28 PM UTC
Launch site
XICLF
Launched by
Long March 4C →
Operator
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Mission
Queqiao (Chang'e 4 relay satellite)
Launch record
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Trajectory

Regime
Interplanetary — Earth-Moon L-point
Reference body
Earth-Moon L-point

Spacecraft

Operator
China
Launch mass
425 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2018-045A
NORAD catalog №
43470
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
ChinaChina
Status
Operational

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