Double Star Mission Starts Countdown  

出　　处：《Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences》2003年第3期139-139,共1页中国科学院院刊（英文版）

摘　　要：As of July, scientists at the CAS Center for Space Science and AppliedResearch (CSSAR) have been busy modulating and testing the payloads that will be onboard a spaceexploration satellite, marking the start of the countdown for China's Double Star Project. As itsname suggests, the mission will involve two satellites, both designed, developed, launched andoperated by China. They will be launched within a year into a large elliptic orbit of the equatorand large elliptic polar orbit, respectively. The first one will be sent into orbit later this year.

关 键 词：中国科学院 空间科学与应用研究中心 双星计划 人造卫星 

分 类 号：P153[天文地球—天文学]