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Relay satellite 'Queqiao' launched to explore Moon's far side(1/3)

2018-05-21 15:17:55 Ecns.cn Mo Hong'e

$A Long March-4C rocket carrying a relay satellite, named Queqiao (Magpie Bridge), is launched at 5:28 a.m. from southwest China\'s Xichang Satellite Launch Center, May 21, 2018. The relay satellite will set up a communication link between Earth and the planned Chang\'e-4 lunar probe that will explore the mysterious far side of Moon. (Photo: China News Service/Liang Keyan)$

A Long March-4C rocket carrying a relay satellite, named Queqiao (Magpie Bridge), is launched at 5:28 a.m. from southwest China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center, May 21, 2018. The relay satellite will set up a communication link between Earth and the planned Chang'e-4 lunar probe that will explore the mysterious far side of Moon. (Photo: China News Service/Liang Keyan)

$A Long March-4C rocket carrying a relay satellite, named Queqiao (Magpie Bridge), is launched at 5:28 a.m. from southwest China\'s Xichang Satellite Launch Center, May 21, 2018. The relay satellite will set up a communication link between Earth and the planned Chang\'e-4 lunar probe that will explore the mysterious far side of Moon. (Photo: China News Service/Liang Keyan)$

A Long March-4C rocket carrying a relay satellite, named Queqiao (Magpie Bridge), is launched at 5:28 a.m. from southwest China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center, May 21, 2018. The relay satellite will set up a communication link between Earth and the planned Chang'e-4 lunar probe that will explore the mysterious far side of Moon. (Photo: China News Service/Liang Keyan)

$A Long March-4C rocket carrying a relay satellite, named Queqiao (Magpie Bridge), is launched at 5:28 a.m. from southwest China\'s Xichang Satellite Launch Center, May 21, 2018. The relay satellite will set up a communication link between Earth and the planned Chang\'e-4 lunar probe that will explore the mysterious far side of Moon. (Photo: China News Service/Liang Keyan)$

A Long March-4C rocket carrying a relay satellite, named Queqiao (Magpie Bridge), is launched at 5:28 a.m. from southwest China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center, May 21, 2018. The relay satellite will set up a communication link between Earth and the planned Chang'e-4 lunar probe that will explore the mysterious far side of Moon. (Photo: China News Service/Liang Keyan)