China plans to launch the Chang'e-6 lunar probe to collect samples in the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the far side of the moon "around 2024," the China National Space Administration said
on Friday.
China will launch its Queqiao-2 communications relay satellite in the first half of 2024, the agency said, in an effort to support the connection between the spacecraft from the far side of the moon and Earth.
The Chang'e-6 lunar mission will carry payloads and satellite programs from France, Italy, Pakistan and the European Space Agency.
