Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory

ASO-S
Mission typeHeliophysics
OperatorCAS
COSPAR ID2022-129A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.54029Edit this on Wikidata
Websitehttp://aso-s.pmo.ac.cn/en_index.jsp
Spacecraft properties
ManufacturerCAS
Launch mass888 kg (1,958 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date8 October 2022
RocketCZ-2D
Launch siteJiuquan Satellite Launch Center
Orbital parameters
RegimeSun-synchronous orbit

The Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory, also known as ASO-S, and nicknamed as Kuafu-1 (夸父一号), is a satellite mission aimed at improving observations of solar activity.

History

The satellite was launched using the CZ-2D rocket at 07:43:55 local time on October 9, 2022 (8 October 2022 at 23:43 UTC).

ASO-S was first proposed by the Chinese solar physics community in 2010 or 2011, and was formally approved by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2017. The mission is aimed at studying the Solar Magnetic Field, Coronal Mass Ejections and Solar flares.

The Chief Scientist is Weiqun Gan of the Purple Mountain Observatory, while the chief designer and the chief administrator are both associated with the National Space Science Center [zh], which is part of the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The next mission is Solar Polar Orbit Observatory (SPO), nicknamed as Kuafu-2 (夸父二号). Both satellites are not part of the cancelled Kuafu project in 2010's.

Instruments

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