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Queqiao-1
Chinese lunar orbiter and radio relay satellite launched in 2018. Queqiao-1 was launched on May 20, 2018 aboard a Chang Zheng 4C from Xichang. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (May 21, 2018).
COSPAR 2018-045ANORAD 43470China
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Queqiao
- Common name
- Queqiao-1
- Payload designation
- Chang'e-4 Relay
- International designator
- 2018-045A
- NORAD catalog number
- 43470
- GCAT identifier
- S43470
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/856
Mission
- Mission type
- Deep space
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Queqiao
- Owner
- CASC
- Country
- China
- Builder
- Chinese Academy of Space Technology, Beijing (CASC 5th Acad)
- Platform (bus)
- CAST-100
Launch
- Date
- May 20, 2018 · 21:28 UTC
- Launch record
- 2018-045Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 4C
- Spaceport
- Xichang · pad LC3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- CLO
- Perigee
- 394 km
- Apogee
- 383,109 km
- Inclination
- 27.50°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- May 21, 2018
- Last known active
- March 2024
- End of operations
- March 2024
Size
- Mass
- 425 kg
- Dry mass
- 325 kg
- Length
- 2.0 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 4.2 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D01005
- Final central body
- Luna
- Phase start
- May 24, 2018
- Phase outcome
- Flyby · May 26, 2018
- Destination
- EML2
Flight phases
| From | Central body | Ended | Outcome | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2018 | Earth | May 24, 2018 | Escaped to another body | Luna |
| May 26, 2018 | EML2 | — | In orbit | — |
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q53829976 (CC0).