China successfully launches HXMT X-ray satellite | Science

[Martian]

Quote from another source on China's HXMT X-ray satellite:

"Compared with previous X-ray astronomical satellites, HXMT has a larger detection area, broader energy range and wider field of view. These gives it advantages in observing black holes and neutron stars emitting bright X-rays, and it can more efficiently scan the galaxy."

China's Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT)
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China successfully launches x-ray satellite | Science

 

[Martian]

China's HXMT (also known as "Insight") X-ray space telescope consists of three different X-ray detectors.

"Insight can be regarded as a small observatory in space, as it carries a trio of detectors -- the high energy X-ray telescope (HE), the medium energy X-ray telescope (ME) and the low energy X-ray telescope (LE) -- that cover a broad energy band from 1 keV to 250 keV, said Lu Fangjun, chief designer of the payload." (quote from Xinhua citation below)

More surprisingly, China's HXMT satellite is also a Gamma Ray detector.

"According to Zhang Shuangnan, HXMT lead scientist, the satellite's developers found that a set of HXMT high-energy detectors, originally designed to shield background noises caused by unwanted X-ray photons, especially those from behind the telescope, could be adjusted to observe gamma-ray bursts.

The creative new function pushes the satellite's observation band up to 3 MeV and will get a very good energy spectrum, Zhang said." (quote from Xinhua citation below)
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China launches space telescope to search for black holes, pulsars | Xinhua