Queqiao 2

[Alex Fraser]

The Chinese are very ambitious. This "Space News" article gives a view 
of the Chinese plan and also describes some of the politics of our two 
countries race for space.  It is dated 10/23, so any newer info would be 
nice...
https://spacenews.com/china-wants-a-lunar-satellite-constellation-to-support-deep-space-missions/
<https://spacenews.com/china-wants-a-lunar-satellite-constellation-to-support-deep-space-missions/>
On 4/4/2026 10:03 PM, Alex Fraser via Tacos wrote:
> I forgot to ask about this on our Saturday Zoom.
> The Chinese have a relay satellite in orbit around the Moon.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queqiao-2
> The Queqiao 2 was used to support the Chinese probes and robot rover 
> that landed on the dark side of the Moon.
> AFAIK it is still operational.
> Will the Artemis 2 interact with this Chinese machine?
> How come this isn't mentioned anywhere?
>
> Details of the Queqiao 2's comms are in the Wikipedia article.
>
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