| Name | Tongchuan-1 (Tongchuan No. 1, Zhaojin-1, TY4-02, TY-5, PolarLight) |
|---|---|
| Type | CubeSat |
| Units or mass | 6U |
| Status | Operational (Smallsat 2020) |
| Launched | 2018-10-29 |
| NORAD ID | 43665 |
| Deployer | Unknown |
| Launcher | Long March |
| Organisation | Spacety |
| Institution | Company |
| Entity | Commercial |
| Nation | China |
| Manufacturer | AIVT by Spacety |
| Launch brokerer | Unknown |
| Oneliner | Pick up signals from gamma-ray bursts. |
| Results | On May 18 2018, the high voltage was turned on for the first time to enter the operating mode, and the space X-ray and charged particle-triggered tracks were successfully detected, indicating that the detector was operating normally, and the feasibility of applying the new generation of polarization detection technology to space astronomy was verified. |
| Sources | [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] |
Last modified: 2020-09-21
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