Longjiang-2 sends back first images

Longjiang-2, a micro-satellite launched along Queqiao relay satellite, sent back images of the Moon and Earth taken with an optical camera, developed by the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology of Saudi Arabia. The images were unveiled by Zhang Kejian, head of the China National Space Administration (CNSA), and Prince Dr. Turki Saud Mohammad Al Saud, president of the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology of Saudi Arabia, in Beijing, on 14 June 2018. Longjiang-2 is orbiting around the Moon, while Queqiao (鹊桥, “Magpie Bridge”), the relay satellite for the Chang’e-4 lunar mission, entered the planned halo orbit around the second Lagrangian (L2) point of the Earth-Moon system, about 65,000 km from the Moon, on at 14 June 2018 03:06 UTC (11:06 Beijing time).