Well, it was named after the retreat of Communists from the Nationalists, and that event is known as the Long March. Whether that should be renamed in English, well you're a few decades late and names tend to stick.
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According to Zhou Jianping, the FOV is 300 times of Hubble. Resolution is same.
Zhou Jianping is the chief designer of the manned space program.
@Dante80, of course this is not acceptable, more so because it actually hit somebody's backyard. But we are not talking about US space industry and no "whataboutism" is allowed, so I don't expect you to come forward.
The Long March 7 and Long March 2 launches won't have large second stages.
Only the ones to launch the main station modules and the telescope should use Long March 5B.
That will be like 3 launches if none of them fail.
Whether a translation should be 'faithful' or 'fluent' has been argued to death in almost every context, not just historical.
To me, 'Long March' is a fluent translation, and rightfully so. The syllables and cadence align with the original Chinese pronunciation and the historical context. All desirable qualities to carry over in the name of a rocket.
More practically, the YZ upper stage '远征' already translates to "Expedition", so there would be a name clash.
Nobody does it.
I could be wrong but doesn't that also mean the angular resolution is 300 times worse than Hubble? Or maybe FOV is the priority for this telescope.
Still safer than those idiots....
Another reason China needs stay the fuck away from NASA, they're substandard and will drag China down with it....
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If the same CCD sensor has 300 times of view, then yes its angular resolution would be 1/300 when used for wide FOV. But I think there are three sets of sensors responsible for different scans.
I don't know the abbreviations GS and WFS. I guess GS means "general scan" and WFS means "Wide Field Scan"? The CCD sensor gives the highest resolution, while the WFS may give the 300 times of FOV. Of course, they must have corresponding optics. It is as if the telescope has three lenses (or one lens with 3 focal lenghs).
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So I suppose they will start taking these ultra wide scans to get a general view of the area and then focus on potential points of interest using the detailed scan?
Do you know why they are still using a similar resolution as Hubble uses.
I mean this is a 30-year old telescope. They couldnt't try to use a bigger mirror for such a project or was the technology not there?
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