Long March 4C | Queqiao (Chang'e 4 relay satellite)
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Long March 4C · Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 222nd launch · 15th this year · humanity's 5,751st orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: May 20, 21:25 – May 20, 23:10 UTC
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Queqiao (Chang'e 4 relay satellite)
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.
Planetary Science · Lunar Orbit (LO)
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Pad — Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)
108 launches from this pad · 242 from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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