Long March 5B | Xuntian Telescope
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation101 — Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
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mission
- Name
- Xuntian Telescope
- Type
- Astrophysics
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Xuntian, formerly known as the Chinese Space Station Telescope (CSST), is a Chinese space telescope designed to perform high-resolution, large-area, multi-band imaging and slit-less spectroscopy surveys of the sky at ultraviolet to infrared wavelengths of 255 – 1000 nm. The survey camera is slated to cover approximately 17500 square degrees of the sky in various bands, reaching maximum magnitudes of about 26. Xuntian will carry a survey camera, a tera-hertz receiver, a multi-channel imager, an integral field spectrograph, and a cool planet imaging coronagraph. Xuntian will be launched to a Low Earth Orbit that will be co-orbiting with the Tiangong space station/Chinese Space Station, which will allow for periodic docking with the station for regular maintenance by astronauts.
schedule
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Long March 5B
- Family
- Long March
- Variant
- B
- Provider
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Type
- Government
- Country
- CHN
launch site
- Pad
- 101
- Location
- Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
- Country
- CHN
- Timezone
- Asia/Shanghai
- Coordinates
- 19.6143, 110.9510