China launches Kuafu-1 satellite to unravel secrets of the Sun

China launches Kuafu-1 satellite to unravel secrets of the Sun

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Category : Science and Tech Published on: October 12 2022

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  • China launched the Advanced Space-Based Solar Observatory (ASO-S), named Kuafu-1.
  • The Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S) was launched onboard a Long March-2D rocket.
  • The observatory has been placed in an orbit about 720 kilometers above the planet, higher than the orbit of the International Space Station. 
  • The observatory, which is about 859 kilograms, lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.
  • Kuafu-1 has been launched with three major instruments, which include the Lyman-alpha Solar Telescope (LST), the Hard X-ray Imager (HXI), and the Full-disk Vector MagnetoGraph (FMG).
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