Emva kwempumelelo yokuqala ngoJanuwari 2008, izazi ngeenkwenkwezi zaseTshayina ziya kwakha uthungelwano olunamandla ngakumbi lweteleskopu eDome A encotsheni yePole yaseMazantsi, isazi ngeenkwenkwezi satsho kwindibano yocweyo ephela ngoLwesine eHaining, kwimpuma yeChina yephondo laseZhejiang.
NgoJanuwari 26, 2009, izazinzulu zaseTshayina zaseka indawo yokuhlola iinkwenkwezi e-Antarctica.Emva kwempumelelo yokuqala, ngoJanuwari baya kwakha uthungelwano olomelele ngakumbi lweteleskopu eDome A encotsheni yePole yaseMzantsi, isazi ngeenkwenkwezi satsho kwi-symposium.NgoJulayi 23, Haining, kwiPhondo Zhejiang.
UGong Xuefei, isazi ngeenkwenkwezi esibandakanyekayo kwiprojekthi yeteleskopu, uxelele iTaiwan Strait Astronomical Instruments Forum ukuba iteleskopu entsha iyavavanywa kwaye iteleskopu yokuqala kulindeleke ukuba ifakwe eSouth Pole ngehlobo lika-2010 kunye no-2011.
UGong, umphandi omncinci kwi-Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics, uthe inethiwekhi entsha ye-Antarctic Schmidt Telescope 3 (AST3) ineeteleskopu ezintathu ze-Schmidt ezine-50 centimeter aperture.
Inethiwekhi yangaphambili yayiyi-China Small Telescope Array (CSTAR), equlathe iiteleskopu ezine ze-14.5 cm.
UCui Xiangqun, intloko ye-China National Aeronautics and Space Administration, uxelele i-Xinhua ye-Arhente yeNdaba ukuba i-AST3's eyona nto iluncedo ngaphezu kweyandulelayo kukuvuleka kwayo okukhulu kunye nokuqhelaniswa nelensi ehlengahlengiswayo, eyivumela ukuba ijonge indawo nzulu ngakumbi kwaye ilandelele izidalwa zasezulwini ezihambayo.
UCui uthe i-AST3, exabisa phakathi kwe-50 kunye ne-60 yezigidi zeeyuan (malunga ne-US $ 7.3 yezigidi ukuya kwi-8.8 yezigidi), iya kudlala indima enkulu ekukhangeleni iiplanethi ezifana noMhlaba kunye namakhulu e-supernovae.
UGong uthe abayili beteleskopu entsha eyakhelwe kumava angaphambili kwaye bathathela ingqalelo iimeko ezizodwa ezinje ngobushushu obuphantsi be-Antarctica kunye noxinzelelo oluphantsi.
Ummandla weAntarctic unemozulu ebandayo neyomileyo, ubusuku obude kwincam yencam, isantya esiphantsi somoya, nothuli oluncinane, nto leyo eluncedo ekuhloleni iinkwenkwezi.IDome A yeyona ndawo ifanelekileyo yokubukela, apho iiteleskopu zinokuvelisa imifanekiso ephantse ilingane nomgangatho ofanayo neeteleskopu ezisesibhakabhakeni, kodwa ngexabiso eliphantsi kakhulu.