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Chinese H-alpha Solar Explorer (CHASE)
Mission type Solar astronomy
Operator CNSA
COSPAR ID 2021-091A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.49315 Edit this on Wikidata
Mission durationElasped: 2 years
Spacecraft properties
Manufacturer Chinese Academy of Sciences
Launch mass508 kg
Start of mission
Launch date14 October 2021, 10:51:00 GMT
Rocket Long March 2D
Launch site Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center
Contractor China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Orbital parameters
Reference system Sun-synchronous orbit
Inclination98°
Period94 minutes
 

Chinese H-alpha Solar Explorer (CHASE), also named Xihe ( Chinese: 羲和) after the solar deity, [1] is China's first solar observatory. It was launched aboard a Long March 2D rocket on 14 October 2021. CHASE is a 508 kg (1,120 lb) satellite operating at a 517-kilometer-altitude Sun-synchronous orbit, with an orbital period of around 94 minutes. [2] [3]

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Notes

  1. ^ Clark, Stephen (18 October 2021). "China launches orbiting solar observatory". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  2. ^ Jones, Andrew (14 October 2021). "China launches first solar observatory, tests grid fins". SpaceNews. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  3. ^ Davenport, Justin (14 October 2021). "China launches hydrogen-alpha solar telescope aboard Long March 2D". NASASpaceFlight. Retrieved 22 June 2022.


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