EP Mission

The Einstein Probe (EP) is a scientific satellite among the Strategic Priority Program on Space Science(Ⅱ) supported by CAS. It was approved by the CAS on 29th Dec, 2017 and scheduled to be launched by the end of 2022, with lifetime not less than 3 years.
The Einstein Probe (EP) aims to study time-domain high-energy astrophysics, with the primary objective to carry out wide-field-view sky survey in the soft X-ray band, discover high-energy transients and monitor variable objects.