launched from China

Queqiao-1

Success
MAY 20201821:28:00 UTC

Queqiao - 'Magpie Bridge' in Mandarin - settled into a halo orbit around Earth-Moon L2 to relay signals between ground stations and Chang'e 4, which in January 2019 became the first spacecraft to land on the Moon's far side.

Longjiang-2, one of two microsatellites co-launched to test low-frequency radio astronomy from lunar orbit, entered orbit around the Moon and became the smallest spacecraft to have done so under its own propulsion; Longjiang-1 failed to reach lunar orbit.

launched from LC-3 Xichang

aboard Long March 4C 4C-Y27 into Earth-Moon L2

Payloads · 3

  • 01

    Queqiao

    Communications

  • 02

    Longjiang-1

    Radio astronomy

  • 03

    Longjiang-2

    Radio astronomy

last updated Jun 22, 2026