China, known for its breakthroughs in space, is preparing to build the country’s largest space telescope. The date for the launch was given.
With the development of technology, the distance between humanity and space is also decreasing. Many large countries and companies are making significant investments in this area. Although NASA comes to mind first when it comes to space technologies, China also has extremely important initiatives. Finally, China is working on a large space telescope.
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China’s first large space telescope will be launched in 2023
China has been making significant breakthroughs in space in recent years. The country, which has many initiatives such as the space station and asteroid tracking system, has finally come up with a telescope. According to information obtained from important sources, the country’s largest space telescope so far will be launched in 2023.
China’s first large space telescope is similar in design to Hubble, the source of much information we know about the sky. The telescope comes with a 6.6-foot (about 2 meters) diameter lens. In addition, the China Space Station Telescope (CSST), which will be available in 2023, will have a field of view 350 times larger than Hubble.
On the other hand, China’s largest space telescope has a life expectancy of 10 years in the first place. The telescope, which will have a 2.5 billion-pixel camera, will examine 40 percent of the sky during this time. With its equipment, the telescope will be able to detect fast-moving objects such as asteroids and comets.
With CSST, China will perform many difficult tasks, such as mapping the star-forming regions of the Milky Way and studying supermassive black holes. NASA also launched the James Webb Space Telescope in recent months. These two telescopes will obtain a lot of important information about space in the coming years.
