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China: First solar probe to be launched – MENAFN.COM
China’s first solar probe, Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S), is planned to be initialed into space in the first six months of 2022, marking the country’s…
(MENAFN)China’s first solar probe, Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S), is planned to be initialed into space in the first six months of 2022, marking the country’s first-ever mission to “touch” the sun.
The satellite will function in a sun-synchronous orbit 720 km above Earth to remain a close tab on the sun 24 hours a day. Measuring about 1,000 kg in total mass, the satellite is anticipated to orbit the sun for at least four years, according to the Purple Mountain Observatory of the…
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