摘要
At sharp 15:00 GMT+8 on June 22,the Space Variable Objects Monitor(SVOM),a satellite designed to observe and explore gamma-ray bursts(GRBs),was sent into preset orbit from a satellite launching center in Xichang city of northwestern China.Jointly developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)and the French Space Agency(FSA),this satellite is the most powerful so far in terms of multi-waveband GRB observations,and is expected to play an important role in GRB research and related space science and astronomy.