China Aerospace¹ Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said that the corporation would conduct 35 aerospace launches in 2018, the most missions in its history.

中国航天科技集团公司日前宣布，2018年该公司将实施35次宇航发射任务，发射次数创历史新高。

The missions include the launches of the Chang'e-4 lunar probe, Long March-5 carrier rocket and BeiDou navigation satellites, the corporation said.

该公司称，这些任务包括了发射嫦娥四号月球探测器、长征五号运载火箭和北斗导航卫星等。

CASC said 2018 would be its busiest and most important year, as many of its projects would enter key phases, and the numbers of experiments and launches would be the highest in its history.

中航科技公司表示，2018年将是其最繁忙也是最重要的一年，许多项目进入了关键阶段，实验次数和发射数量将创公司历史新高。

The company will continue to improve its innovation capability² and push forward the commercial development in aerospace industry in 2018, CASC said.

中航科技称，2018年，该公司将继续提升创新能力，推进航空航天工业的商业发展。

The Chang'e-4 lunar probe will undertake the first ever soft landing on the far side of the moon, conduct in situ and roving detection, and relay communication at the Earth-Moon Lagrangian 2 point, according to China's Lunar and Deep Space Exploration Center.

据中国月球与深空探测中心透露，嫦娥四号月球探测器将在月球的背面进行首次软着陆，并进行原位探测、巡回检测以及在地月拉格朗日-2点轨道上的中继通信。

In 2018, China plans to launch 18 BeiDou-3 satellites to expand navigation services to countries along the Belt and Road routes.

2018年，中国计划发射18颗北斗三号卫星，以此扩大导航服务至“一带一路”沿线各国。