Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
Queqiao-2
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.
Payloads: 1
Selenocentric
Tiandu 1 & 2
Two small satellites testing cis-lunar space navigation and inter-satellite communication techniques by CNSA’s Deep Space Exploration Laboratory (DSEL).
Payloads: 2
Selenocentric
Location
LC-201, Wenchang Space Launch Site, China
Stats
2024
52nd orbital launch attempt
Long March 8
3rd mission
1st mission of 2024
3rd successful mission