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CHASE (Chinese Hα Solar Explorer) & Tianyuan-1
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
10:51:00
Thursday October 14, 2021
Mission Details
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Tianyuan-1
Chinese satellite.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
CHASE (Chinese Hα Solar Explorer)
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.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
500 kilograms
Rocket
Agency
CASCPrice
$29.75 million
Rocket
Height: 40.77m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 3,500 kg
GTO: 1,200 kg
Liftoff Thrust
2,962 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 3.35m
Height: 7.82m
Stages
2
Launch Site
Stats
Long March 2D
55th
Mission
4th
Mission of 2021
2021
97th
Orbital launch attempt