Huiyan

Also called HXMT

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General

Designation	42758 / 17034A
Launch date	15 Jun 2017
Country of origin	China
Mission	Astronomy: X-ray astronomy
Perigee/Apogee	550 km
Inclination	43°
Period	95.5 min
Launch vehicle	Long March #233

Launch initially planned in 2010.

China's first homegrown X-ray telescope aims to survey the Milky Way to observe celestial sources of X-rays.

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Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	CAST
Platform	based on the Ziyuan-2/Phoenix-Eye-2 satellite bus
Mass at launch	2800 kg
Dry mass
Dimension
Solar array	2 deployable arrays
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime	4 years

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