Longxia Yan 1 (Lobster-Eye 1)

Launch data:

Spacecraft data: Prime manufacturer  Nanjing University, Hong Kong University Platform   Operator  Nanjing University, Hong Kong University Mass at launch  ~50 kg Dry Mass   kg Basic shape   Dimension (m)   Equipment  Lobster-Eye X-Ray detector Solar array  Solar arrays Stabilization   Propulsion   DC power   Design lifetime

Mission details:

• On Jul 25, 2020 China′s SAST launched a CZ-4B from Taiyuan carrying the 2650 kg Zi Yuan 3 03 xing imaging satellite. Two 50 kg-class secondary payloads were also aboard: Tianqi-10 for IOT data relay and an X-ray astronomy satellite.
• The Longxia yan X shexian tance weixing (Lobster Eye 1, Lobster Eye X-ray Exploration Satellite) was developed by Nanjing University and Hong Kong University. Its `lobster-eye' X-ray optics use microchannel plates as a sort of X-ray equivalent of optical fibers to make a very wide field image of the X-ray sky. The lobster-eye optics concept was developed by Roger Angel and Paul Gorenstein in the 1970s but has only recently seen use in flight, notably on one of the Bepi-Colombo detectors.

External links:

• Satellite tracking (n2ya.com): Real time satellite tracking