Advanced Space-borne Solar ObservatoryASO-S

Success CASC, Long March 2D

Mission

Heliophysics · SSO

ASO-S (Advanced Space-borne Solar Observatory) is a Chinese solar space observatory that aims to study the interaction between the Sun's magnetic field, solar flares and coronal mass ejections. It's the first space solar observatory of China. ASO-S is a 3-axis stabilized satellite with a mass of…

What it put in orbit

ObjectTypeOrbitGlobe
ASO-S 2022-129A Payload 708 × 730 km · 98.3° Globe
CZ-2D R/B 2022-129B Rocket body 692 × 715 km · 98.2° Globe

COSPAR ID 2022-129 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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