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    China successfully launches HXMT X-ray satellite | Science

    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...
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    China successfully launches HXMT X-ray satellite | Science

    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...
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