China and France launched a satellite to study farthest explosion of stars
- 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.
