The European Space Agency will receive access to 10% of the data generated by Einstein Probe’s observations in return for contributing to the mission development and definition of scientific goals.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences spacecraft Einstein Probe is scheduled to launch in January 2024.
China plans to launch the Einstein Probe in December from Xichang Satellite Launch Center using a Long March 2C rocket.
China will launch the Einstein Probe science mission in November 2023.
The SPP II missions include the Einstein Probe, the Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor (GECAM) which launched in 2020, the Advanced space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S) launching 2022, and the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) in collaboration with the European Space Agency.
The Einstein Probe is expected to launch around mid-to-late 2023.
The Einstein Probe was proposed in 2013 and approved in 2017 as part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Strategic Priority Program on Space Science second phase.
The Einstein Probe will be launched into a low-inclination orbit at approximately 600 km altitude.
The Einstein Probe passed a major review on 2022-03-25 organized by the National Space Science Center under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The Einstein Probe X-ray survey satellite could launch before the end of 2022.