China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Queqiao (Chang'e 4 relay satellite)

Long March 4C

SUCCESS
Success

Sunday, May 20, 2018 · 21:28 UTC

Mission

/01

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 (LO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Long March 4C

Variant: C

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)

Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

28.247° N, 102.029° E

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Pad Launches

114

Location Launches

222

Agency Launches

45

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