China Sends Queqiao-2 Comms Relay Satellite To Lunar Orbit

Chinese space launch
Credit: Yang Guanyu/Xinhua/Alamy
SINGAPORE—China has put its Queqiao-2 communication relay satellite—a key element for the Chang’e-6 moon landing mission later this year—on a lunar transfer trajectory. The carrier rocket, a Long March 8, lifted off from Wenchang Space Launch Center on Hainan island on the morning of March 20 at 8...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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