Chinese H-alpha Solar Explorer (CHASE), also named Xihe () after the
solar deity, is China's first solar observatory. It was launched aboard a
Long March 2D
The Long March 2D (), also known as the Chang Zheng 2D, CZ-2D and LM-2D, is a Chinese two-stage orbital carrier rocket mainly used for launching LEO and SSO satellites. It is manufactured by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology ( ...
rocket on 14 October 2021. CHASE is a satellite operating at a 517-kilometer-altitude
sun-synchronous orbit, with an orbital period of around 94 minutes.
See also
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Xuntian
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