"China's Queqiao-2 Satellite Boosts Lunar Exploration Missions"

China launched the Queqiao-2 satellite toward the moon to support its lunar ambitions, with the spacecraft intended for a highly elliptical orbit to aid missions at the lunar south pole and far side. Additionally, China recently launched two other spacecraft toward the moon in an unannounced launch, and the American military is increasingly concerned with China's lunar ambitions, viewing them as potential attack vectors. China intends to land astronauts on the moon by 2030 and is working on an International Lunar Research Station with missions planned around 2026 and 2028.