Two planned missions: Earth 2.0 searches for Earth-like exoplanets, while eXTP (Enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry) is a planned X-ray observatory. Neither has a confirmed launch date yet.
As of: 01 Jun 2026.
plannedExoplanets & X-ray astronomy
Earth 2.0 / eXTP
地球2.0 / 增强型X射线时变与偏振空间天文台
As of: 01/06/2026
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Overview
Quick facts
- Status
- planned
- Operator
- CAS (proposed)
Mission goals
- Earth 2.0: searching for Earth-like exoplanets in the habitable zone
- eXTP: X-ray observation of extreme states of matter (neutron stars, black holes)
Timeline / milestones
- unconfirmedBoth proposals still without a confirmed launch date
Scientific results / significance
Two complementary, still-unconfirmed proposals that would extend China's astronomical research portfolio into exoplanets and high-energy X-ray astronomy respectively.
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