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China's Einstein Probe, an X-ray astronomy mission, heads to orbit.
China’s Einstein Probe, an X-ray astronomy mission, heads to orbit.
Launch The launch of a Long March rocket from Xichang, China with the Einstein Probe. Xinhua
A Long March 2C rocket lifted of from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China early today, with the Einstein Probe, an X-ray observatory. The launch occurred at 3:03 p.m. Beijing Time / 7:03 UT. The mission is headed towards low-Earth orbit and has a nominal operational span of three years.
China’s Einstein Probe, an X-ray astronomy mission, heads to orbit.
Launch The launch of a Long March rocket from Xichang, China with the Einstein Probe. Xinhua
A Long March 2C rocket lifted of from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China early today, with the Einstein Probe, an X-ray observatory. The launch occurred at 3:03 p.m. Beijing Time / 7:03 UT. The mission is headed towards low-Earth orbit and has a nominal operational span of three years.
The Chinese mission was conducted in collaboration with the European Space Agency and the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Germany. The country’s first X-ray mission, the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT), launched in 2017 and is still in operation.
Einstein carries two instruments: the Wide-field X-ray Telescope, which will use a unique lobster-eye aperture with a 60-degree field of view to hunt for X-ray sources, and the Follow-up X-ray Telescope, which will measure those same sources at much higher resolution.
More:
https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/china-launches-einstein-x-ray-observatory/