CSES (China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite),[1] or Zhangheng,[2] is a Chinese–Italian space mission dedicated to monitoring electromagnetic field and waves, plasma parameters and particle fluxes induced by natural sources and artificial emitters in the near-Earth space. Austria contributes to one of the magnetometers.
The first CSES Satellite was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert (Inner Mongolia) on February 2, 2018. The expected mission lifetime is 5 years.
- ^ CSES web site http://cses.roma2.infn.it/
- ^ "CSES / Zhangheng 1". eoPortal. ESA. 2020. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.