Provider: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Mission
Type: Astrophysics
Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Pad: Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Mission Description
XPNAV-1 (X-Ray Pulsar Navigation) is the first ever satellite to test the technology of spacecraft navigation by using signals from X-ray pulsars. It is launched along with the Xiaoxiang 1 cubsat and several other small satellites.
