"Kuafu I" has been launched! What is the ability of this "seeker"? What information will it bring back to mankind?

China tried to uncover the secrets of the sun, and will bring back information about studying the sun!

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) announced on Sunday that China has successfully launched a satellite to observe solar activities, which will help predict space weather.

CASC said that the satellite named "Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory" (ASO-S) was launched by the Long March II D rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. According to the China Journal, ASO-S is the first full-scale special instrument to study the sun in China.

The 859-kilogram probe will start running at an altitude of 720 kilometers to study the relationship between solar magnetic field and solar flare and coronal mass ejection (large-scale plasma explosion). It is expected that this will help to collect the data needed to better predict space weather. This information is very useful, because various solar phenomena will destroy sensitive electronic equipment on the earth.

The satellite was designed to operate for more than four years and was equipped with three payloads. It will also accumulate about 500 GB of data every day and transmit it back to Earth. One of the main advantages of space telescope is that it will not be hindered by planetary rotation and day-night cycle.

? ASO-S can detect the sun 24 hours a day for most of the year. Gan Wei Qun, the chief scientist of the satellite, told Xinhua.

From May to August, when passing through the earth's shadow briefly every day, the maximum daily pause time does not exceed 18 minutes. ?

The telescope itself is named? Kuafu one? , from a Japanese giant in China mythology.

The ASO-S mission is based on the success of China Hydrogen-Alpha Solar Detector, a small experimental satellite launched on 202 1 and 10 to study solar flares. The probe was also carried into space by the Long March II rocket, flying at an altitude of about 565,438+07 km.