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Queqiao 1 (Chang'e 4 Relay) [CNSA]
Queqiao 1, also known initially as Chang'e 4 Relay, is a Chinese relay satellite mission in support of the Chang'e 4 rover landing on the far site on the moon.
The 425 kg relay satellite is based on the three-axis stabilized CAST-100 small satellite bus featuring an 130 N hydrazine propulsion system. It carries a deployable 4.2 m dish antenna for the relay equipment. It provides four 256 kBps X-band links between itself and the lander/rover and one 2 MBps S-band link towards earth.
Besides the relay function, the spacecraft also carries the Dutch NCLE Low-frequency radio detector to provide radio-sky images, and frequency dependence of radio in the very low frequency band and to perform low-frequency radio astronomical observations.
The mission is to be launched in 2018 on a CZ-4C rocket about 6 month in advance of the Chang'e 4 lander and rover. Via a lunar fly-by, it will be put into an halo orbit around the Earth-Moon L2 Lagrange point. It has a planned live of more than five years to support further far-side missions.
| Nation: | China |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Lunar Orbiter, relay, radio astronomy |
| Operator: | CNSA |
| Contractors: | CAST |
| Equipment: | Relay payload, NCLE low-frequency radio detector |
| Configuration: | CAST-100 |
| Propulsion: | ? |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | > 5 years |
| Mass: | 425 kg |
| Orbit: | Earth-Moon Lagrange point L2 halo orbit |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queqiao 1 (Chang'e 4 Relay, CE 4 Relay) | 2018-045A | 20.05.2018 | Xi LC-3 | CZ-4C | with DSLWP A1, DSLWP A2 |
