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Also called Queqiao
World's first communication satellite operating in Earth-Moon L2 orbit (13000
km around EML2). Will form a communication bridge between controllers on Earth
and the far side of the Moon where the Chang'e-4 lunar probe is expected to
touch down.
The satellite, with a mass of about 400 kg and with a designed life of three
years, carries several antennas. One, with a diameter of 4.2 meters, is the
largest communication antenna ever used in deep space exploration.
It is also equipped with a low-frequency radio spectrometer developed by Dutch
scientists, to "listen" to the deeper reaches of the cosmos.
A small lunar optical imaging detector developed by Saudi Arabia is installed
on the satellite.
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