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China-France SVOM satellite boasts fastest response time of 5 minutes

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How can we quickly capture and study gamma-ray bursts? Wei Jianyan, Chinese principal investigator of Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM), said the satellite jointly developed by China and France has a response time of about five minutes, breaking the previous record of about 20 minutes.

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