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China-Solar Exploration Satellite/Int'l Cooperation
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest China - Recent (Chinese Academy of Sciences - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Animation of satellite components
2. Various of engineers working
3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Gan Weiqun, astrophysicist, the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Nanjing (partially overlaid with shot 4-5):
"After the launch of the satellite, we plan to carry out a series of international cooperation. We will conduct an international training program to teach international peers how to download and use our data and how to use our software. After the in-orbit test, all of the data and software will be made available to international counterparts in a timely manner to achieve our scientific goals in the field of satellites."
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4. Various of satellite components
5. Various of engineers working
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6. Rocket part being moved
7. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Gan Weiqun, astrophysicist, the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Nanjing (partially overlaid with shot 8-10):
"The National Space Science Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences started to solicit names for the satellite nationwide back in July and received more than 25,000 suggestions. A third of them suggested that the satellite can be called Kuafu. Finally, we chose Kuafu-1 as the name of our satellite, which reflects the Chinese people's love for the myth of Kuafu, the giant, who chased the Sun and their passion for unraveling the Sun's secrets. We also hope that China's solar exploration program will develop into a series mission named after Kuafu."
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8. Animation of satellite being taken into space by rocket
9. Animation of satellite orbiting around Sun
10. Various of animation of Sun's coronal mass ejections
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11. Logo of Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory
12. Animation of satellite
China will share the data from its newly-launched solar observatory with the international scientists in an effort to promote better understanding of the Sun, according to a leading scientist of the observatory.
The Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S), which was launched on Sunday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, is China's first dedicated solar observatory sent with a suite of sophisticated tools focusing on the observation of Sun's magnetic field.
The satellite, which is designed to have a four-year lifespan, will conduct observations on the solar magnetic field, solar flares and coronal mass ejections, to support the forecasting of catastrophic space weather. The mission will cover the 2024-to-2025 peak of the solar cycle, which lasts 11 years on average.
After entering into orbit, the satellite will generate about 500GB of data daily, all of which will be available to users worldwide.
"After the launch of the satellite, we plan to carry out a series of international cooperation. We will conduct an international training program to teach international peers how to download and use our data and how to use our software. After the in-orbit test, all of the data and software will be made available to international counterparts in a timely manner to achieve our scientific goals in the field of satellites," said Gan Weiqun, an astrophysicist at the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Nanjing, and the mission's chief scientist.
The three payloads deployed on the satellite are a Full-disk Vector MagnetoGraph to study the Sun's magnetic field, a Hard X-ray Imager for studying the high-energy radiation released by electrons accelerated in solar flares, and a Lyman-alpha Solar Telescope.
The ASO-S, also known by its nickname Kuafu-1, will observe from an orbit 720 kilometers above Earth's surface, permanently facing the Sun. The nickname, which was solicited nationwide months ago, is the name of a giant in Chinese mythology who sought to catch and tame the Sun.
"The National Space Science Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences started to solicit names for the satellite nationwide back in July and received more than 25,000 suggestions. A third of them suggested that the satellite can be called Kuafu. Finally, we chose Kuafu-1 as the name of our satellite, which reflects the Chinese people's love for the myth of Kuafu, the giant, who chased the Sun and their passion for unraveling the Sun's secrets. We also hope that China's solar exploration program will develop into a series mission named after Kuafu," introduced Gan.
China-Solar Exploration Satellite/Int'l Cooperation
Dateline : Recent
Location : China
Duration : 1'27
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest China - Recent (Chinese Academy of Sciences - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Animation of satellite components
2. Various of engineers working
3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Gan Weiqun, astrophysicist, the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Nanjing (partially overlaid with shot 4-5):
"After the launch of the satellite, we plan to carry out a series of international cooperation. We will conduct an international training program to teach international peers how to download and use our data and how to use our software. After the in-orbit test, all of the data and software will be made available to international counterparts in a timely manner to achieve our scientific goals in the field of satellites."
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4. Various of satellite components
5. Various of engineers working
++SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
6. Rocket part being moved
7. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Gan Weiqun, astrophysicist, the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Nanjing (partially overlaid with shot 8-10):
"The National Space Science Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences started to solicit names for the satellite nationwide back in July and received more than 25,000 suggestions. A third of them suggested that the satellite can be called Kuafu. Finally, we chose Kuafu-1 as the name of our satellite, which reflects the Chinese people's love for the myth of Kuafu, the giant, who chased the Sun and their passion for unraveling the Sun's secrets. We also hope that China's solar exploration program will develop into a series mission named after Kuafu."
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8. Animation of satellite being taken into space by rocket
9. Animation of satellite orbiting around Sun
10. Various of animation of Sun's coronal mass ejections
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11. Logo of Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory
12. Animation of satellite
China will share the data from its newly-launched solar observatory with the international scientists in an effort to promote better understanding of the Sun, according to a leading scientist of the observatory.
The Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S), which was launched on Sunday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, is China's first dedicated solar observatory sent with a suite of sophisticated tools focusing on the observation of Sun's magnetic field.
The satellite, which is designed to have a four-year lifespan, will conduct observations on the solar magnetic field, solar flares and coronal mass ejections, to support the forecasting of catastrophic space weather. The mission will cover the 2024-to-2025 peak of the solar cycle, which lasts 11 years on average.
After entering into orbit, the satellite will generate about 500GB of data daily, all of which will be available to users worldwide.
"After the launch of the satellite, we plan to carry out a series of international cooperation. We will conduct an international training program to teach international peers how to download and use our data and how to use our software. After the in-orbit test, all of the data and software will be made available to international counterparts in a timely manner to achieve our scientific goals in the field of satellites," said Gan Weiqun, an astrophysicist at the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Nanjing, and the mission's chief scientist.
The three payloads deployed on the satellite are a Full-disk Vector MagnetoGraph to study the Sun's magnetic field, a Hard X-ray Imager for studying the high-energy radiation released by electrons accelerated in solar flares, and a Lyman-alpha Solar Telescope.
The ASO-S, also known by its nickname Kuafu-1, will observe from an orbit 720 kilometers above Earth's surface, permanently facing the Sun. The nickname, which was solicited nationwide months ago, is the name of a giant in Chinese mythology who sought to catch and tame the Sun.
"The National Space Science Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences started to solicit names for the satellite nationwide back in July and received more than 25,000 suggestions. A third of them suggested that the satellite can be called Kuafu. Finally, we chose Kuafu-1 as the name of our satellite, which reflects the Chinese people's love for the myth of Kuafu, the giant, who chased the Sun and their passion for unraveling the Sun's secrets. We also hope that China's solar exploration program will develop into a series mission named after Kuafu," introduced Gan.
ID : 8294770
Published : 2022-10-09 13:52
Last Modified : 2022-10-09 21:31:55
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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