China s first solar probe to be lofted in 2022
1 2021-01-21 14:14:54Xinhua
Editor : Li Yan
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China s first solar probe, Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S), is scheduled to be launched into space in the first half of 2022, marking the country s first-ever mission to touch the sun.
The satellite will operate in a sun-synchronous orbit 720 km above Earth to keep a close tab on the sun 24 hours a day. Measuring about 1,000 kg in total mass, the satellite is expected to orbit the sun for at least four years, according to the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a research institute based in Nanjing, east China s Jiangsu Province.
News / Nation Xinhua 22:42 UTC+8, 2021-01-21 0
China s solar probe, Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory, is scheduled to be launched in the first half of 2022, marking the country s first-ever mission to touch the sun. Xinhua 22:42 UTC+8, 2021-01-21 0
China’s first solar probe, Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory, is scheduled to be launched in the first half of 2022, marking the country’s first-ever mission to “touch” the sun.
The satellite will operate in a sun-synchronous orbit 720 kilometers above Earth to keep a close tab on the sun 24 hours a day. About 1,000 kilograms, the satellite is expected to orbit the sun for at least four years, according to the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chines