Tag: CHN
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China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | Long March 8 | Queqiao-2
Queqiao-2 is a Chinese artificial satellite to serve as a communications relay for future Chinese lunar far side missions that cannot communicate directly with the Earth, beginning with the Chang’e 6 lunar sample return mission in 2024. It will operate from a Distant Retrograde Orbit (DRO) of the Moon.
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China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | Long March 2D/YZ-3 | Unknown Payload
Details TBD.
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China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou 18
Seventh crewed flight to the Chinese space station.
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China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | Long March 5 | Chang’e 6
Chang’e 6/CE-6 is scheduled to launch in 2024 to return samples from the Far Side of the Moon (near southern edge of the Apollo Basin) for the first time. International science instruments from France, Italy, Sweden and Pakistan will also be on board.
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China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | Long March 2C | Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM)
The Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) is a French/Chinese planned small X-ray telescope satellite under development by China National Space Administration (CNSA) and the Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES). SVOM will study the explosions of massive stars by analysing the resulting gamma-ray bursts. The lightweight X-ray mirror for SVOM weighs just 1 kg (2.2…