The Space Solar Telescope (SST) is a planned Chinese
optical
Optics is the branch of physics that studies the behaviour and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and the construction of instruments that use or detect it. Optics usually describes the behaviour of visible, ultravio ...
space
Space is the boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events have relative position and direction. In classical physics, physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions, although modern physicists usually cons ...
solar telescope. It was first proposed in the 1990s, and is intended to be a telescope.
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List of solar telescopes
This is a list of solar telescopes built in various countries around the world. A solar telescope is a specialized telescope that is used to observe the Sun.
This list contains ground-based professional observatory telescopes at optical wavelengt ...
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Telescopes
Chinese telescopes
Solar telescopes
Proposed satellites
Satellites of China
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