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Ähhhmm ... but that is the US system under a B-52H !???
More on the mission to the far side of the moon:
A relay satellite will first be launched into lunar transfer orbit. It will then enter into a Halo orbit around the earth-moon L2 point. The satellite, with a 3 year design life, would then provide relay service for the probe and the Earth stations.
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I think it is technically more difficult to send commands and inter-transmission of vital signals between Earth's control center
and the space craft as on the back side there is the blocking mass of the Moon in the path. The problems can be solved by satellites though but I am not sure if US or Russia have already had the full system of satellite operations in place during their moon expeditions decades ago or as advanced as Beidou today
Hope they launch CZ-5 end of this year.Rocket transporters Yuanwang 21 and 22 are en route to Tianjin where the two ships will be loaded with CZ-5 and then make their way to Wenchang launch site in Hainan Island:
14.9.2015A high-resolution Earth-imaging Gaofen satellite was successfully sent into orbit on a Long March-2D rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre at 12:42pm on 14.08.2015:
我国成功发射高分九号卫星_新闻_央视网(cctv.com)
14.9.2015
China launches HD observation satellite
Source:Xinhua Published: 2015-9-14 18:04:32
China on Monday launched its most sophisticated observation satellite, Gaofen-9, as part of the country's high-definition Earth observation project.
Gaofen-9 was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern province of Gansu at 12:42 p.m. aboard a Long March-2D carrier rocket. It was the 209th flight of the Long March rocket series.
The optical remote sensing satellite is capable of providing photographs with a resolution of less than a meter. It will be used in land survey, urban planning, road network design, agriculture, and disaster relief.
Developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, Gaofen-9 can also serve key national strategies such as the Belt and Road Initiative and national defense.
Gaofen-1, the first satellite of the lineage, was launched in April 2013.