Lunar Far-side Mission Offers Rare Opportunities for Radio Astronomy  

作　　者：XIN Ling 

出　　处：《Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences》2018年第2期77-78,共2页中国科学院院刊（英文版）

摘　　要：On May 21,2018,China successfully launched a relay satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center to an orbit beyond the moon,setting the stage for the first soft-landing on the lunar far side while opening up a new chapter in space-based radio astronomy.Resolving around the Earth-moon gravitational balance point L2,the Queqiao satellite,or Magpie Bridge named after a Chinese folklore tale,will stay visible both to ground stations on Earth and to theOn May 21, 2018, China successfully launcheda relay satellite from the Xichang SatelliteLaunch Center to an orbit beyond the moon,setting the stage for the first soft-landing on the lunarfar side while opening up a new chapter in space-basedradio astronomy.

关 键 词：西昌卫星发射中心 中国 空间无线电 天文学 

分 类 号：V474[航空宇航科学与技术—飞行器设计] P1[天文地球—天文学]