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    Queqiao relay satellite (Chinese: 鹊桥号中继卫星; pinyin: Quèqiáo hào zhōngjì wèixīng; lit. 'Magpie Bridge relay satellite'), is the first of the pair of communications...
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    Queqiao-2 relay satellite (Chinese: 鹊桥二号中继卫星; pinyin: Quèqiáo èr hào zhōngjì wèixīng; lit. 'Magpie Bridge 2 relay satellite'), is the second of the communications...
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  • Program's lunar navigation and communications test satellites based on Queqiao-2 relay satellite technology. Tiandu satellites will perform navigation...
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    with its touchdown on 3 January 2019. A communication relay satellite, Queqiao, was first launched to a halo orbit near the Earth–Moon L2 point in May...
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    finally realized when China placed the first communications relay satellite, Queqiao, into a halo orbit around the Earth-Moon L2 point. On 3 January 2019, the...
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    space program being named after the Chinese goddess of the moon, the Queqiao and Queqiao-2 relay satellite is named after the "bridge of magpies" from the...
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    China launched its relay satellite, Queqiao-2, to lunar orbit, along with two mini satellites Tiandu 1 and 2. Queqiao-2 will relay communications for the...
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    18 April 2018. Vigil (ESA). One spacecraft in L5. THEMIS Chang'e 5-T1 Queqiao relay satellite EQUULEUS nanosat. Kordylewski clouds Future location of...
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    Destination: Moon (in lunar orbit) Arrival: 23 June 2009 Institution: NASA Queqiao Mission: Halo orbiter serving as communications satellite for Chang'e 4...
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    launched its relay satellite, Queqiao-2, in the orbit of the Moon, along with two mini satellites Tiandu 1 and 2. Queqiao-2 will relay communications for...
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