China launched Hard X-ray Modulation Telecscope 'Insight'

摘要

On the morning of June 15, China successfully launched the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT), also known as 'Insight' ('慧眼'). Insight joins other satellites like NASA's Chandra, the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton, and the Russian Federal Space Agency's Koronas-Foton, in humanity's quest to uncover the secrets of the cosmos.