Mission
Heliophysics · SSO
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…
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| OBJECT A 2021-091A | Payload | re-entered 2024-03-02 | |
| OBJECT B 2021-091B | Payload | 500 × 517 km · 97.5° | Globe |
| OBJECT C 2021-091C | Payload | re-entered 2026-02-25 | |
| OBJECT D 2021-091D | Payload | 884 × 902 km · 97.5° | Globe |
| OBJECT E 2021-091E | Payload | 347 × 353 km · 97.3° | Globe |
| OBJECT F 2021-091F | Payload | re-entered 2025-01-09 | |
| OBJECT G 2021-091G | Payload | re-entered 2026-10-07 | |
| OBJECT H 2021-091H | Payload | re-entered 2025-05-10 |
Show all 11 objects
| OBJECT J 2021-091J | Payload | re-entered 2025-02-01 | |
| SSS-2A 2021-091K | Payload | re-entered 2024-04-19 | |
| OBJECT L 2021-091L | Payload | re-entered 2024-01-17 |
COSPAR ID 2021-091 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).