China Plans First Astronomy Satellite
MAR 13, 2007
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.020935
Space.com : China’s burgeoning space program has announced plans to launch its first astronomy satellite and participate in joint projects with Russia and France, state media reported Monday.The satellite to be launched in 2010 will carry a “hard X-ray modulation telescope’” being developed by Chinese scientists for the study of black holes and other space phenomena, the official newspaper China Daily said, citing a government Space Science Development Plan released over the weekend.
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