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CHASE (Xihe)
CHASE [CAS]
CHASE (Chinese Hα Solar Explorer) is designed to test a newly developed satellite platform and conduct solar observations. The scientific payload of the satellite is an Hα imaging spectrograph (HIS), which can, for the first time, acquire full-disk spectroscopic solar observations in the Ha waveband.
It will complement the observations by on-orbit solar spacecraft (such as SDO, IRIS, STEREO, PSP and Solar Orbiter), as well as future solar missions of the Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S).
| Nation: | China |
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| Type / Application: | Astronomy, solar |
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| Equipment: | HIS |
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| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 4 years |
| Mass: | ~500 kg |
| Orbit: | 517 km SSO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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| CHASE (Xihe) | 2021-091A ? | 14.10.2021 | TY LC-9 | CZ-2D (2) | with QX 1, Tianshu 1, JTSY, HEAD 2E, HEAD 2F, Guidao Daqi Midu TSW, SSS 1, SSS 2A, Tianyuan 1, Jinzijing 2 |
References:
- Chuan Li et al.: Chinese Hα Solar Explorer, 2019 Res. Astron. Astrophys. 19 165
