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China built a space observatory to study the Sun

  • October 9, 2022
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China has successfully launched the Space-Based Solar Research Observatory (ASO-S) from the Jiuquan Cosmodrome in the northwest. This was reported by Ukrinform with reference to Xinhua. It was

China has successfully launched the Space-Based Solar Research Observatory (ASO-S) from the Jiuquan Cosmodrome in the northwest.

This was reported by Ukrinform with reference to Xinhua.

It was noted that the launch took place at 07:43 Beijing time (02:43 Kyiv time) on Sunday.

A new satellite for the study of the Sun was launched using the Changzheng-2G (Long March-2D) launch vehicle and entered the specified orbit.

The space-based observatory will be used primarily to study causal relationships between solar flares, coronal mass ejections and the Sun’s magnetic field, as well as to obtain data necessary for space weather forecasting.

For carrier rockets of the “Changzhen” (“Grand Campaign”) series, this launch was the 442nd in a row.

As previously reported, Chinese authorities have successfully launched two experimental CentiSpace-S5/S6 satellites from a launch pad in the Yellow Sea. They will be used to monitor the status of the global system of navigation satellites in real time.

Source: Ukrinform

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