China's 'ground space station' put into trial run(1/5)

The Space Environment Simulation and Research Infrastructure (SESRI), China's "ground space station," completes construction at the Harbin Institute of Technology in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, April 14, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Hanlun)

SESRI, a ground-based large-scale space science and technology experimental platform was put into trial run on Tuesday in Harbin. It is designed for studying basic scientific issues in space materials, devices, magnetospheric physics, and other areas—all with world-leading capabilities of simulating a wide range of factors in a space environment.

The Space Environment Simulation and Research Infrastructure (SESRI), China's "ground space station," completes construction at the Harbin Institute of Technology in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, April 14, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Hanlun)

The Space Environment Simulation and Research Infrastructure (SESRI), China's "ground space station," completes construction at the Harbin Institute of Technology in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, April 14, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Hanlun)

The Space Environment Simulation and Research Infrastructure (SESRI), China's "ground space station," completes construction at the Harbin Institute of Technology in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, April 14, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Hanlun)

The Space Environment Simulation and Research Infrastructure (SESRI), China's "ground space station," completes construction at the Harbin Institute of Technology in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, April 14, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Hanlun)