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Review of 2024 global space science activities

  • Chi WANG ,
  • Quanlin FAN
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  • National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China

Received date: 2024-12-16

  Online published: 2025-02-10

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Chi WANG , Quanlin FAN . Review of 2024 global space science activities[J]. Science & Technology Review, 2025 , 43(1) : 32 -46 . DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2024.12.01769

中国科学院国家空间科学中心李橙媛和白青江给予大力支持。

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