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Queqiao-2

Long March 8

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

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Mission

Queqiao-2

Type: Planetary Science

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.

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Location

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Wenchang Space Launch Site, People’s Republic of China

23 rockets have launched from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People’s Republic of China.

201, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

Agency

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation – CASC

  • Type: Government
  • Abbreviation: CASC
  • Administration: Chairman & President: Lei Fanpei
  • Founded: 1999
  • Launchers: Long March
  • Country: CHN

The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.

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