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leojg t1_iui8got wrote

Reply to comment by Temstar in China launches 3rd and final space station component by miso25

Don't they also plan to dock their space telescope for mantainance? If I understood correctly they have it orbiting on a similar path but the plan is to dock it on the station from time to time.

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Temstar t1_iui968n wrote

Xuntian Space Telescope is scheduled for launch next year. Yes it will co-orbit with the station and berth to the station once in a while to be serviced by the crew, then move away to do its own observation.

I'm not sure how the docking works though. It may be that Xuntian has a regular docking port and hard docks to the station like a Shenzhou, or alternatively it may not and just have the little grab spots for the stations robotic arm to grab onto.

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