Deep space
Queqiao-2
Queqiao-2 is catalogued by GCAT as a deep-space mission in the Queqiao program.
Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
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The mission
Queqiao-2 is catalogued by GCAT as a deep-space mission in the Queqiao program. This reconstructed record groups 3 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 2024-051; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 20 March 2024, 00:31:28 UTC
- Launch location
- Wenchang Space Center, Hainan
- Launch vehicle
- Chang Zheng 8
- Orbit
- Cislunar or translunar orbit
Flight data
Launch intelligence
A China Long March 8 rocket launched the Queqiao-2 mission on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at 12:31 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- China
- Vehicle
- Long March 8
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2024-051
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Mar 20, 2024, 00:31 UTC
- Window closes
- Mar 20, 2024, 02:16 UTC
- Provider display
- Mar 20 2024
- Pad and location
- LC-201, Wenchang Satellite Launch Center
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Current mission status
Current mission status
Now
Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
Hardware
Spacecraft
Queqiao-2
GCAT program: Queqiao.
- GCAT ID
- S59276
- Manufacturer
- CLEP/CAST
- Launch mass
- 1,200 kg
- Dimensions
- 2.5 m long · 2 m diameter · 4.2 m span
Tiandu-1
GCAT program: Tiandu.
- GCAT ID
- S59278
- Manufacturer
- Shenkong Tance Shiyan Shi
- Launch mass
- 61 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.5 m long · 0.3 m diameter · 0.5 m span
Tiandu-2
GCAT program: Tiandu.
- GCAT ID
- S59279
- Manufacturer
- Shenkong Tance Shiyan Shi
- Launch mass
- 15 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.3 m long · 0.1 m diameter · 0.3 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Queqiao-2.
Verification
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