China's first large space telescope could launch as early as 2023, ... During that time, it plans to survey 40 percent of the sky using its 2.5 billion-pixel camera.

China is preparing to launch a space telescope that, Chinese researchers claim, will surpass the capabilities of NASA's Hubble telescope, according to a report on LiveScience. The spacecraft ...

China is preparing for a space telescope and its own space station. ... sometimes called "Xuntian," which literally translates to "survey the heavens," will have an impressive 6.6-foot (2 meters) ...

The Chinese Space Station Telescope will survey half of the sky over ten years. Eyes Up. China is gearing up to begin launching the pieces of its upcoming space station, Tiangong-3, into orbit.And ...

And there are bragging rights associated with China's star-studded venture. The spacecraft is called Xuntian, known as the Chinese Survey Space Telescope or the Chinese Space Station Telescope (CSST).

China's New Space Telescope According to Live Science 's latest report, CHES is a 3.9-foot-aperture space telescope. China plans to send it around 930,000 miles away from the Earth.

China also plans to launch a space telescope called Xuntian, whose name means ‘survey the heavens’. This will image in the same wavelengths — ultraviolet, visible and infrared — as those ...

China wants to start ... Survey (CHES) would make use of a space telescope with a 3.9 foot aperture that would be placed in a point in space not far from Earth known as the L2 point, the same ...

China said it's set to launch the Xuntian survey space telescope in 2023, four years before NASA’s version, Roman. WSJ compares their technology and designs as scientists in the U.S. and China ...

Breakthrough telescope carries out space survey. By Cheng Yingqi | China Daily | Updated: 2013-09-25 07:22. In the late 13th century, Chinese astronomer, ...