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The Double Star TC-2 spacecraft during the Sun simulation test.

Credits: CNSA/CAST/CSSAR
 
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Double Star
Double Star's satellite pair study space weather around the Earth. One satellite circles the Earth's Equator, the other flies over the poles.

Credits: Chinese National Space Administration
 
  Last update: 13 April 2007 
 
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