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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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  • Tiandu (redirect from Tiandu-2)
    Program's lunar navigation and communications test satellites based on Queqiao-2 relay satellite technology. Tiandu satellites will perform navigation...
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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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    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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    Voyager 2 is a space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977, as a part of the Voyager program. It was launched on a trajectory towards the gas giants...
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  • IM-2 is an upcoming lunar mission that will be carried out in 2024 by Intuitive Machines for NASA's CLPS program, using a Nova-C lunar lander. The company...
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  • on 1 June 2024, the Chang'e 6 lander/ascender, with the support of the Queqiao-2 relay satellite, descended from its 200 kilometer (124 miles) orbit altitude...
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  • Two small satellites, 61 kg Tiandu-1 and 15 kg Tiandu-2, will be launched together with Queqiao-2 in 2024 to test technologies for a future lunar navigation...
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    N' Asia Spaceflight [@CNSpaceflight] (24 November 2022). "Update: 2024 Queqiao-2 data relay 2025 Chang'e-6 lunar sample return from far side 2026 Chang'e-7...
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    Chang'e 4 (redirect from Longjiang 2)
    relay satellite, Queqiao, was first launched to a halo orbit near the Earth–Moon L2 point in May 2018. The robotic lander and Yutu-2 (Chinese: 玉兔二号; pinyin:...
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