/ world today news/ In China, the construction of two radio telescopes with a 40-meter aperture has begun, one of which is in Shigatse, Tibet, and the other in Changbaishan Mountain in northeastern Jilin Province. They were constructed by the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and are expected to offer technical support for the country’s lunar and deep space exploration missions.
The telescopes will further enhance the observing capability of the Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) network in China. It is a radio interferometry technology that can be used to obtain fine radio images and precise positions of space objects and can perform high precision positioning of deep space probes. The current VLBI network in China consists of four observatories located in Beijing, Shanghai, Urumqi and Kunming. The inclusion of the two new telescopes will enable the simultaneous observation of two targets in different sky regions, providing better support for probe missions to explore the Moon and deep space.
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