China successfully launched on Wednesday a satellite tasked with relaying communications between Earth and the Moon, a crucial component for the country's future exploration missions on the far side of the Moon, the official Xinhua News Agency said.A Long March-8 rocket carrying the satellite Queqiao-2 lifted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in southern China's Hainan Province. Its deployment is a key step for lunar exploration missions to be conducted by the unmanned probe Chang'e-6, which will be launched by the end of June, and its successors, Xinhua said.Most of the Moon's far si…READ FULL ARTICLE
