TianQin
| Organisation | Sun Yat-sen University |
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| Telescope style | gravitational-wave detector, space observatory |
For Chinese slalom canoer, see Tian Qin.
TianQin (Chinese: 天琴计划) is a proposed space-borne gravitational-wave observatory (gravitational-wave detector) consisting of three spacecraft in Earth orbit. As of 2015, TianQin is in a preliminary concept stage, with a projected launch date between 2025 and 2030.[1][2][3][4]
References
- ↑ Jun Luo; et al. (2016). "TianQin: a space-borne gravitational wave detector". Classical and Quantum Gravity 33 (3): 035010. arXiv:1512.02076.
- ↑ Jianwei Mei, Chenggang Shao, Yan Wang (2015). Fundamentals of the TianQin mission. XIIth International Conference on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology, PFUR, Moscow, Russia, 2015-07. arXiv:1510.04754. proceedings not yet published as of 2015-12.
- ↑ Hsien-Chi Yeh. (2015). Current progress of developing inter-satellite laser interferometry for TIANQIN missions. XIIth International Conference on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology, PFUR, Moscow, Russia, 2015-07. proceedings not yet published as of 2015-12.
- ↑ J. Luo, J. Mei, H.-C. Yeh, C. Shao, M.V. Sazhin, V. Milyukov. (2015). TIANQIN mission concept. XIIth International Conference on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology, PFUR, Moscow, Russia, 2015-07. proceedings not yet published as of 2015-12.
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