20 August 2020
The second phase of China's Tianqin project will verify the key technologies for next-generation gravity satellites, which will serve to carry out precise measurements of Earth's gravity, helping humankind tackle climate change and natural disasters, experts said. One of those technologies is the orbit-intersatellite laser interferometry. "China is on the same starting line as the US and Germany in this regard, as every country is accelerating in their breakthrough of next-generation gravity satellite technology and in competition for the leading position," said academician Xu Houze from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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