Long March 2D | Xihe (CHASE)
Launch information
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Xihe, also known as the Chinese Hα Solar Explorer (CHASE), 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 Hα waveband. It will complement the observations by on-orbit solar spacecraft (such as SDO, IRIS, STEREO and PSP), as well as future solar missions of the Solar Orbiter and the Chinese Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S). Mission is named Xihe after a solar deity from Chinese mythology.
Launch status
Launch status information for space mission ‘Long March 2D | Xihe (CHASE)’.
Success
Status: Launch Successful
Class: normal
Launch T0: Oct. 14, 2021, 10:51 a.m.
Timezone: Asia/Shanghai
Launch authority
Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.
Mission |
Xihe (CHASE) (SSO) |
|---|---|
Launcher |
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation |
Rocket |
Long March 2D |
Location |
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China |
Pad |
Launch Complex 9 |
Type |
Heliophysics |
Orbit |
Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) |
Satellites on-board
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Launch statistics
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#6124
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#98
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Pad Launch
#54
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Agency Launch
#338
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Orbital Launch
#98
Year 2021
Location Launch
#9
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Pad Launch
#6
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Agency Launch
#34
Year 2021
Latest news about the launch
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China launches hydrogen-alpha solar telescope aboard Long March 2D
China has launched a small experimental solar observatory as part of a multi-satellite launch aboard a Long March 2D rocket Thursday. The launch took place from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 10:51 UTC (18:51 Bejing time).
China launches orbiting solar observatory
China successfully launched a half-ton scientific research satellite Oct. 14 to study the violent and sudden physical processes behind solar flares, joining 10 other small payloads on a Long March 2D rocket that also tested grid fins to help guide the exp...
China launches first solar observatory, tests grid fins
China carried out its 37th orbital launch of the year Thursday, successfully sending the Chinese H-alpha Solar Explorer and 10 other satellites into orbit.
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