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Forum: Satellites - Robotic Probes
Topic: China's Queqiao lunar communication satellites

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Message to Edit: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	Originally posted by Robert Pearlman on 05-23-2018 08:56 AM Per [URL=http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/2018/0519-change-4-relay-satellite.html]The Planetary Society[/URL]: <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]An Earth-Moon L2 halo orbit is ideal for Queqiao because it can 1) provide nearly continuous contact between both lunar farside and Earth ground station, 2) get continuous illumination from the Sun, avoiding eclipses, and 3) requires little energy to maintain its orbit over the long term.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> <center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/cnsa_queqiao_orbit01-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/cnsa_queqiao_orbit01.jpg" width="400" height="171" border="0"></a></center> As for the ground stations, gbtimes [URL=https://gbtimes.com/heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-chinas-change-4-relay-satellite-launch]notes[/URL] that Queqiao "will rely solely on Chinese facilities, thanks in part to a new, 35m-diameter parabolic antenna in Argentina."
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