Xuntian Telescope
Long March 5B, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
101, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Launch time
No earlier than
NET 2027
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Mission
Xuntian Telescope on Long March 5B from 101. Launch time, status and recorded date changes from Launch Library 2.
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.
- Mission type
- Astrophysics
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
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Launch pad
101
Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China (CN)
Coordinates: 19.614334, 110.951011
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