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China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLaunch SuccessfulHeliophysicsLong March 2D · CHASE
Launched 2021-10-14 10:51 UTCLaunch Complex 9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Success
Reached Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Worldwide
98th
orbital launch attempt in 2021
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
34th
launch this year
Launch Complex 9
6th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
37 d 7 h
since the pad's previous launch
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 Provider
Government · China · Founded 1999 · Chairman & President Lei Fanpei
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.
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Height
38.3m
Diameter
3.4m
To low Earth orbit
3,500kg
Liftoff thrust
2,962kN
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