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China launches plan for 3D satellite network to monitor the Sun and cosmic explosions

From South China Morning Post · () English

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  • China has launched an international project to build a three-dimensional satellite constellation between Earth and the Moon.
  • The plan calls for 30 backpack-sized CubeSats in highly elliptical Earth orbits over roughly the next four years.
  • The network aims to monitor solar activity and study some of the universe’s most powerful explosions.

China has begun work on an ambitious international project that would place 30 backpack-sized CubeSats in highly elliptical orbits around Earth, creating a three-dimensional network between Earth and the Moon.

The constellation is intended to track solar activity and study some of the universe’s most powerful explosions. The Deep Space Exploration Laboratory, which will lead the project, said the satellites would be deployed over the next four years or so.

The laboratory said on Friday that the network would “fill a global gap in systematic...” The available report ends in the middle of that statement.

fill a global gap in systematic...

· Deep Space Exploration LaboratoryThe laboratory described the intended contribution of the planned satellite constellation.
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