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China to launch relay satellite next year to support moon landing missions
Written by Andrew Jones Wednesday, 18 January 2023 10:06![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
![The moon and distant Earth seen from Earth-moon Lagrange point 2 by the Queqiao Chinese lunar relay satellite.](https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/queqiao-earth-moon-ncle-zhejiang-university-300x255.jpg)
China will launch its Queqiao-2 communications relay satellite in 2024 to support upcoming robotic landing missions at the lunar south pole and far side of the moon.