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CSS - Long March-5B ready to launch Wentian & Xuntian space telescope prototype phase

 






 

CMS - China Space Station (CSS) / Wentian Laboratory Module patch.


July 18, 2022

Long March-5B ready to launch Wentian

The Long March-5B Y3 launch vehicle and the Wentian Laboratory Module have been transported to the launch pad at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site, Hainan Province, China, on 18 July 2022.

Long March-5B ready to launch Wentian

Long March-5B Y3 (长征五号B遥三 ) will launch the Wentian Laboratory Module (问天实验舱) to theChina Space Station (中国空间站), where it will dock to the front docking port of the Tianhe Core Module (天和核心舱).

Wentian Laboratory Module (问天实验舱)

The Xuntian space telescope is in the prototype phase

The Xuntian space telescope

The Xuntian Space Telescope, also known as China Space Station Telescope (CSST), is expected to start scientific operations in 2024.

The Xuntian space telescope is in the prototype phase

At the moment, Xuntian is in the prototype phase. Zhan Hu (Principal Scientist) explains how the telescope will operate in orbit.

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China Space Station (CSS) - Shenzhou-14 hatch opening
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China Space Station (CSS) - Shenzhou-14 Crew launch & Shenzhou-14 docking
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https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2022/05/china-space-station-css-tianzhou-4.html

What’s next for the China Space Station in 2022 and 2023
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2022/04/whats-next-for-china-space-station-in.html

For more information about China National Space Administration (CNSA), visit: http://www.cnsa.gov.cn/

Images, Videos, Text, Credit: China National Space Administration (CNSA)/China Media Group(CMG)/China Central Television (CCTV)/Chinese Academy of Sciences/SciNews/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.

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