October 10, 2023 02:15 |
Updated: October 10, 2023 02:24
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China’s space telescope will be launched into Earth’s orbit next year to explore outer space. This telescope’s field of view will be about 300 times wider than the Hubble telescope.
China has included the implementation of a major space project on its agenda, which will promote the country’s astronomy research program. This large Chinese project will be implemented under the name Chinese Space Station Telescope (CSST) or Xuntian Telescope.
Characteristics of the Chinese space telescope
The Chinese Space Station Telescope (CSST) is the size of a bus and uses a primary mirror with a diameter of 2 meters. This ultraviolet optical telescope will be launched next year to explore the cosmos in Earth orbit next to the Tiangong Space Station. The telescope, which will carry out a 10-year mission, will have much better performance than NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
China Space Telescope
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Lin Shiqiang, deputy director of the China Manned Space Agency, said in this case the Shuntian observatory will be placed in Earth’s orbit for purposes related to the fields of cosmology, dark matter and energy, the Milky Way, how stars are formed and how stars are formed. formation of extraterrestrial planets Follow the solar system.
The Long March 5B rocket is responsible for sending this telescope into space. This telescope can observe the universe with panoramic and high resolution. In fact, this telescope’s image resolution will compete with the Hubble Space Telescope.
In addition, the Chinese telescope’s field of view is about 300 times wider than that of the Hubble telescope. The field of view is actually the area that a telescope can observe at any one time.
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