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China's Chang'e 4 lunar mission:
Chang'e 4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang'e_4
...an orbiter, a robotic lander and rover. Chang'e 4 will be China's second lunar lander and rover. It was built as a backup to Chang'e 3, as Chang'e 2 was to Chang'e 1. Following the successful landing of the Chang'e 3 mission, the configuration of Chang'e 4 will be adjusted to meet new scientific objectives.
The Chang'e 4 mission was first scheduled for launch in 2015 as part of the second phase of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program but the adjusted objectives and design of the mission imposed delays...
Since Chang'e 4 is planned to land on the far side of the Moon, CNSA will first launch the Queqiao communication relay satellite to EarthMoon L2 point on 20 May 2018 to relay the signals between the lander/rover and the Earth station
The lander and rover will be launched six months later. It will be the first ever landing on the lunar far side, an unexplored region of the Moon called South Pole-Aitken Basin, a vast basin in the southern hemisphere of the far side which extends from the South Pole to Aitken crater.
Chang'e 4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang'e_4
...an orbiter, a robotic lander and rover. Chang'e 4 will be China's second lunar lander and rover. It was built as a backup to Chang'e 3, as Chang'e 2 was to Chang'e 1. Following the successful landing of the Chang'e 3 mission, the configuration of Chang'e 4 will be adjusted to meet new scientific objectives.
The Chang'e 4 mission was first scheduled for launch in 2015 as part of the second phase of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program but the adjusted objectives and design of the mission imposed delays...
Since Chang'e 4 is planned to land on the far side of the Moon, CNSA will first launch the Queqiao communication relay satellite to EarthMoon L2 point on 20 May 2018 to relay the signals between the lander/rover and the Earth station
The lander and rover will be launched six months later. It will be the first ever landing on the lunar far side, an unexplored region of the Moon called South Pole-Aitken Basin, a vast basin in the southern hemisphere of the far side which extends from the South Pole to Aitken crater.