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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 03-19-2024 08:53 PM Xinhua state news agency release <blockquote><font size="+0">[b]China launches new relay satellite for Earth-Moon communications[/b]</font> China launched a new relay satellite on Wednesday (March 20) to provide Earth-Moon communications services, a key step for its future lunar exploration missions such as retrieving samples from the far side of the moon. A Long March-8 rocket, carrying the satellite dubbed Queqiao-2, or Magpie Bridge-2, soared into the sky at 8:31 a.m. Beijing time (0031 GMT or 8:31 p.m. EDT March 19) from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province. After 24 minutes of flight, the satellite separated from the rocket, and entered the planned Earth-Moon transfer orbit with the perigee at 200 kilometers and the apogee at 420,000 kilometers. The satellite's solar panels and communications antennae were unfolded, according to the China National Space Administration. Queqiao-2 will serve as a relay platform for the fourth phase of China's lunar exploration program, providing communications services for the Chang'e-4, Chang'e-6, Chang'e-7, and Chang'e-8 missions.</blockquote>
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