QueqiaoChang'e 4 relay satellite

Success CASC, Long March 4C

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Mission

Planetary Science · LO

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…

What it put in orbit

ObjectTypeOrbitGlobe
QUEQIAO 2018-045A Payload orbits the Earth and Moon
LONGJIANG 1 (LO-93) 2018-045B Payload orbits the Sun
LONGJIANG 2 (LO-94) 2018-045C Payload orbits the Sun
CZ-4C R/B 2018-045D Rocket body re-entered 2018-09-25

COSPAR ID 2018-045. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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