China hones plans for ambitious x-ray probe

  • Shuangnan Zhang
  • A. Santangelo
  • Fangjun LU
  • Paul S. Ray
  • Tom Maccarone
  • Søren Brandt

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    Mission would firm up China’s status as a leader
    in x-ray astronomy.

     

    Science 359 (6380), 1085. March 9, 2018

     

    DOI: 10.1126/science.359.6380.1085

     

    http://science.sciencemag.org/content/359/6380/1085

     

     

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    China is raising the stakes in its bid to become a major player in space science.
    At a kick-off meeting in Beijing last week, China’s National Space Science Center, part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), began detailed design studies for a satellite that would round out an array of orbiting platforms for probing x-rays from the most violent corners of the cosmos.

    Period9 Mar 2018

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    • TitleChina hones plans for ambitious x-ray probe
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletScience Magazine
      Media typePrint
      Duration/Length/Size1 page
      Country/TerritoryUnited States
      Date09/03/2018
      DescriptionMission would firm up China’s status as a leader
      in x-ray astronomy.

      China is raising the stakes in its bid to
      become a major player in space science.
      At a kick-off meeting in Beijing
      last week, China’s National Space
      Science Center, part of the Chinese
      Academy of Sciences (CAS), began
      detailed design studies for a satellite that
      would round out an array of orbiting platforms
      for probing x-rays from the most violent
      corners of the cosmos.
      Producer/AuthorDennis Normile
      URLscience.sciencemag.org/content/359/6380/1085
      PersonsShuangnan Zhang, A. Santangelo, Fangjun LU, Paul Ray, Tom Maccarone, Søren Brandt
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