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