Mission record
Long March 4B | Huiyan (HXMT (Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope))
Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
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Provider
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Provider type
Government
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Astrophysics
Launch site
China
Date
Thu, 15 Jun 2017 03:00:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#5651 ever
Mission
Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT) is a Chinese X-ray space observatory. This will be China's first astronomy satellite, and it is tasked with observation of black holes, neutron stars and other phenomena based on their X-ray and gamma ray emissions.
Deployed payloads · 1