Xuntian
Sign in to saveThe Xuntian (; lit: Tour of Heaven) or Chinese Space Station Telescope (CSST) () is currently under development.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- Xuntian (CSST)
- Spaceflight.image
- Xuntian Space Telescope mockup at NMC 01.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Xuntian mockup, showing its 2-meter diameter telescope
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Astronomy
- Spaceflight.operator
- CNSA
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- 10+ years (planned)
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- Q4 2026 (planned)
- Spaceflight.launch_rocket
- Long March 5B
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Wenchang
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- CASC
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Low Earth orbit
- Spaceflight.telescope_resolution
- 0.15 arcsec
- Spaceflight.telescope_wavelength
- 255 ~ 1000 nm (Survey camera), 0.41~0.51 THz (590~730 μm) (Terahertz receiver)
- Spaceflight.previous_mission
- Mengtian module
- Spaceflight.programme
- Tiangong program
- Spaceflight/Instruments.acronym1
- SC
- Spaceflight/Instruments.name1
- Survey camera
- Spaceflight/Instruments.acronym2
- HSTDM
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- Instruments
- Survey camera
- Terahertz receiver
- Multichannel imager
- Integral field spectrograph
- Cool planet imaging coronagraph
- Comparison with other optical space telescopes
- See also
- Notes
- References
The Xuntian (; lit: Tour of Heaven) or Chinese Space Station Telescope (CSST) () is currently under development.
This space telescope will feature a 2-meter (6.6 foot) diameter primary mirror and is expected to have a field of view 300–350 times larger than the Hubble Space Telescope. This will allow the telescope to image up to 40 percent of the sky using its 2.5 gigapixel camera.