Astronomy:Kuafu project
The Kuafu project (simplified Chinese: 夸父计划; traditional Chinese: 夸父計劃; pinyin: Kuāfù Jìhuà) is a Chinese space project to establish a space weather forecasting system composed of three satellites, originally to be completed by 2012.[1] As of the Solar Wind XIII conference[2] in June 2012, the planned launch date was 2017. However, due to withdrawal first by Canada and then ESA, the project was postponed.[3] It was launched on 9 october 2022.[4]
The project is named after Kuafu, a giant in Chinese mythology who chased the sun and died trying.
One of these satellites would be placed at the Sun-Earth Lagrangian Point L1, while the other two would be placed in polar orbits.[5]
The first of the polar orbit satellites, the Advanced Space-based Solar Observator (zh) (ASO-S, also unofficially known as Kuafu-1 (夸父一号) ), was launched on 8 October 2022.[6] Because of the name "Kuafu", the project may be restarted.
References
- ↑ "我国目光超越月球 "夸父计划"雄心勃勃". People's Daily. 2006-07-25. http://scitech.people.com.cn/GB/4626302.html. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
- ↑ "Solar Wind 13". 2012-06-20. Archived from the original on 2012-02-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20120202212311/http://www.sw13.org/. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
- ↑ "China pulls plug on solar observatory". Science. 2014-10-31. https://www.science.org/content/article/china-pulls-plug-solar-observatory.
- ↑ "China launches first solar observatory to solve mystery of Sun's eruptions". 10 October 2022. https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/science/china-aso-s-kuafu-1-launch-8200613/.
- ↑ "夸父计划进入技术攻关 将发射3颗测日卫星". Xinhuanet. April 16, 2008. Archived from the original on April 22, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080422123007/http://news.xinhuanet.com/tech/2008-04/16/content_7989136.htm. Retrieved April 21, 2008.
- ↑ "China launches space-based observatory to unravel the Sun's secrets". Xinhua. 9 October 2022. https://english.news.cn/20221009/c9b4d86483554c538124032173d73d51/c.html.
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