02 December 2019
Chang'e 4 relay satellite now a radio telescope
The Queqiao relay satellite that China sent to the Moon as part of its fourth lunar mission, Chang’e 4, has been repurposed as a radio telescope for a novel Dutch/Chinese collaboration. Meaning "magpie bridge" in Chinese, Queqiao, the once ...
03 January 2019
Chinese goddess lands on far side of the Moon
... and the Sun. To communicate with Chang'e 4 on the lunar surface, the Chinese space agency launched the Queqiao relay satellite which went into a ‘halo’ orbit over the far side of the Moon last May. The...
