Sat. Jul 6th, 2024
  • China and France launched a satellite to study farthest explosion of stars.
  • A jointly developed satellite by China and France was successfully launched on 22 June.
  • This satellite has been designed to study farthest explosions of stars.
  • The Long March-2C rocket carried this advanced astronomical satellite, it was lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province.
  • This satellite is equipped with four instruments – two French and two Chinese.
  • The satellite mission, named Space Variable Objects Monitor, is the first joint venture in astronomy between China and France.
  • The China-France Oceanography Satellite (CFOSat) was launched in 2018.
  • In 2011, US imposed a ban on any direct collaboration between NASA and entities based in China.

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