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SVOM

中法天文卫星

As of: 01/06/2026Planned: June 2024

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Overview

Sino-French mission (中法天文卫星) observing gamma-ray bursts, launched in June 2024.

As of: 01 Jun 2026.

Quick facts

Status
ongoing
Planned
June 2024
Operator
CAS and CNES (jointly)

Mission goals

  • Observing and rapidly following up gamma-ray bursts
  • A Sino-French joint instrument collaboration

Timeline / milestones

  • June 2024Launch, in operation since

Scientific results / significance

Provides data on some of the most energetic known explosive events in the universe — important for cosmology and the physics of extreme states of matter.

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