Waspie_Dwarf Posted May 21, 2018 #1 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Long March 4C sends Chang’e 4 relay satellite toward Moon Quote Using a Long March 4C rocket, China launched the first spacecraft of its Chang’e 4 lunar mission along with two smaller satellites. The booster lifted off at 5:28 p.m. EDT (21:28 GMT) May 20, 2018, from Launch Complex 3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the country’s Sichuan Province. The rocket carried the Queqiao communication relay satellite planned to be delivered to the Earth-Moon L2 Lagrangian Point located some 280,000 miles (450,000 kilometers) directly “behind” Earth as viewed from the Sun, or some 37,000 miles (60,000 kilometers) beyond the far side of the Moon. Read More: Spaceflight Insider 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likely Guy Posted May 22, 2018 #2 Share Posted May 22, 2018 This is edgy. 'Dark Side of the Moon', and all that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted May 22, 2018 #3 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Maybe they're trying to find Syd ... ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted June 14, 2018 Author #4 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Chang’e-4 relay satellite enters halo orbit around Earth-Moon L2, microsatellite in lunar orbit Quote The relay satellite which will facilitate China’s Chang’e-4 lunar far side landing mission late in 2018 has entered its intended halo orbit around Earth-Moon Lagrange point 2. The Beijing Aerospace Command and Control Center (BACC) sent commands for the spacecraft to fire its engines at 11:00 p.m. EDT June 13, with the burn complete at 11:06 p.m. The satellite will now undergo on-orbit testing of its communications functions, while maintaining a complex Lissajous orbit, which is a three-dimensional irregular curve, rather than a two-dimensional halo. Read More: SpaceNews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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