Pambuyo pa kupambana koyamba mu Januwale 2008, akatswiri a zakuthambo aku China adzamanga makina oonera zakuthambo amphamvu kwambiri ku Dome A pamwamba pa South Pole, katswiri wa zakuthambo adatero pamsonkhano womwe udatha Lachinayi ku Haining, m'chigawo chakum'mawa kwa China cha Zhejiang.
Pa January 26, 2009, asayansi a ku China anakhazikitsa malo oonera zakuthambo ku Antarctica.Pambuyo pa kupambana koyamba, mu Januwale adzamanga ma telescope olimba kwambiri ku Dome A pamwamba pa South Pole, katswiri wa zakuthambo adatero pamsonkhanowu.July 23, Haining, Province la Zhejiang.
Gong Xuefei, katswiri wa zakuthambo yemwe amagwira nawo ntchito ya telescope, anauza bungwe la Taiwan Strait Astronomical Instruments Forum kuti telesikopu yatsopano ikuyesedwa ndipo telesikopu yoyamba ikuyembekezeka kuikidwa ku South Pole m'chilimwe cha 2010 ndi 2011. .
Gong, wochita kafukufuku wocheperako ku Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics, adati netiweki yatsopano ya Antarctic Schmidt Telescope 3 (AST3) ili ndi ma telesikopu atatu a Schmidt okhala ndi khomo la 50 centimita.
Netiweki yapitayi inali China Small Telescope Array (CSTAR), yokhala ndi ma telesikopu anayi a 14.5 cm.
Cui Xiangqun, wamkulu wa China National Aeronautics and Space Administration, adauza Xinhua News Agency kuti zabwino zazikulu za AST3's kuposa zomwe zidalipo kale ndi kabowo kakang'ono komanso kawonedwe ka mandala osinthika, komwe kamalola kuwona danga mozama ndikutsata zoyenda zakuthambo.
Cui adati AST3, yomwe imawononga pakati pa 50 ndi 60 miliyoni yuan (pafupifupi US $ 7.3 miliyoni mpaka 8.8 miliyoni), itenga gawo lalikulu pakufufuza mapulaneti onga Earth ndi mazana a supernovae.
Gong adati omwe adapanga telesikopu yatsopanoyo adatengera zomwe zidachitika m'mbuyomu ndipo adaganiziranso zinthu zapadera monga kutentha kwa Antarctica komanso kutsika kochepa.
Dera la Antarctic lili ndi nyengo yozizira komanso yowuma, usiku wautali kumadera otentha, mphepo yamkuntho yotsika, komanso fumbi lochepa, zomwe zimakhala zothandiza pofufuza zakuthambo.Dome A ndi malo abwino owonerako, pomwe makina oonera zakuthambo amatha kupanga zithunzi zamtundu wofanana ndi zowonera zakuthambo, koma pamtengo wotsika kwambiri.