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Queqiao-2
Chinese lunar orbiter and radio relay satellite launched in 2024. Queqiao-2 was launched on March 20, 2024 aboard a Chang Zheng 8 from Wenchang. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Mar 20, 2024).
COSPAR 2024-051ANORAD 59276China
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Queqiao-2
- International designator
- 2024-051A
- NORAD catalog number
- 59276
- GCAT identifier
- S59276
Mission
- Mission type
- Deep space
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Queqiao
- Owner
- THGZ
- Country
- China
- Builder
- China Lunar Exploration and Aerospace Engineering Center
- Platform (bus)
- CAST-2000
Launch
- Date
- March 20, 2024 · 00:31 UTC
- Launch record
- 2024-051Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 8
- Spaceport
- Wenchang · pad LC201
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- CLO
- Perigee
- 199 km
- Apogee
- 420,000 km
- Inclination
- 22.63°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- March 20, 2024
- Last known active
- March 2025
Size
- Mass
- 1,200 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,000 kg
- Length
- 2.5 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 4.2 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D01152
- Final central body
- Luna
- Phase start
- March 23, 2024
- Phase outcome
- Entered orbit around the target · March 24, 2024
Flight phases
| From | Central body | Ended | Outcome | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2024 | Earth | Mar 23, 2024 | Escaped to another body | Luna |
| Mar 24, 2024 | Luna | — | In orbit | — |
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q108030509 (CC0).