China builds new radio telescope to support lunar, deep-space missions

China builds new radio telescope to support lunar, deep-space missions

Space Daily

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Lhasa, China (XNA) Sep 18, 2023

China launched the construction of a 40-meter-aperture radio telescope in Shigatse, Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, on Friday, to offer technical support for the country's lunar and deep-space probe missions in the future. The telescope, developed by Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, will be added to a very-long-baseline interferomet

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