11, 2022, said Gan Weiqun, the satellite s principal scientist from PMO under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Gan said the image was taken by the satellite-loaded hard X-ray imager (HXI).
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A comprehensive network of ground-based solar observatories is taking shape in China after another solar observation satellite nicknamed Kuafu-1 was launched atop a Long March-2 rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
JIUQUAN: China sent a solar exploration satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China, furthering the country’s scientific endeavour to unravel the mysteries of the Sun.
The Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S), nicknamed Kuafu-1 in Chinese, was launched aboard a Long March-2D rocket at 07:43 a.m."Kuafu-1 was launched at a timing that the ascending curve of solar activity, from dormancy to its most dynamic stage, can be continuously catalogued," said Gan.