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#CNSA #ChinaNationalSpaceAdministration #国家航天局 | #BRI  #August2022 the #Xihe #SolarObservation #SolarProbe #Satellite The official release of  #羲和“#Xihe” sun exploration results set a number of international first …

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At 1851 Hours Morning Hong Kong Beijing Time  on a very clear 14th October 2021 Thursday 2021, China- People’s Republic of China- CNSA –China National Space Administration   Successfully launched  the Long March-Chang Zheng 2D carrier rocket at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center Shanxi Province   China successfully launched Long March – Chang Zheng 2D carrier rocket at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center to successfully launched the Xihe Solar Probe  also other satellites into orbit…. Making this launch into this mission is the 391th flight of the International Iconic Chang Zheng- Long March series of carrier rockets…..

Successfully launching At 18:51 on October 14, 2021, Beijing time, China used the Long March 2D carrier rocket at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center to successfully combine solar Hα spectrum detection with dual super platform science and technology the test satellite was launched into space… . 

On 31st August 2022羲和the Team of Xihe Sun exploration results officially released…..The official release of “Xihe” sun exploration results set a number of international “firsts”…… A reporter from the Global Times learned from the National Space Administration on the 30th that on the same day, China’s first solar exploration science and technology test The results of the satellite “Xihe” were officially released. The “Xihe” Sun Exploration Achievement Conference is mainly focused on solar scientific exploration and new satellite technology, setting five international firsts.

The full name of “Xihe” is the solar Hα spectral detection and double-super-platform science and technology experiment satellite. It was launched on October 14, 2021 and operates in a sun-synchronous orbit with an average altitude of 517 kilometers. The main scientific payload is the solar Hα imaging spectrometer. . As my country’s first dedicated solar “photographer”, after preliminary on-orbit testing and debugging, “Xihe” has successfully achieved the world’s first space solar Hα band spectral scanning imaging, and the world’s first in-orbit acquisition of solar Hα and SiΙ spectral lines and the fine structure of FeI lines. According to the fine structure of these spectral lines, high-precision all-solar chromospheric and photospheric Doppler velocity fields can be inferred, and the activities occurring in the solar atmosphere can be recorded in detail, so as to study the physical process of solar activity. At present, the “Xihe” is carrying out scientific observations every day according to the established mission plan. Nearly 100 solar eruptions have been observed, and related research work is being carried out. The scientific data of “Xihe” is open to the world for sharing.


In addition to the achievements in solar scientific exploration, in terms of new satellite technology experiments, “Xihe” International has achieved the first time the master-slave collaborative non-contact “double super” (ultra-high pointing accuracy, ultra-high stability) satellite platform technology on-orbit performance Verification and engineering application; realized the in-orbit application of the world’s first solar space Hα imaging spectrometer; realized the in-orbit verification of the world’s first atomic frequency discrimination solar velocimeter. A slight vibration of the satellite load in space will make the imaging effect poor by the slightest and a thousand miles away. The “Double Super” satellite platform breaks the technical bottleneck of “unpredictable and difficult to control” micro-vibration of the traditional satellite platform, and adopts the maglev control technology to completely isolate the physical contact between the platform and the payload, ensuring that the payload imaging is not affected by the platform disturbance, allowing its Taking pictures is “more stable and more accurate”, and the attitude control level of my country’s satellite platform has been improved by 1 to 2 orders of magnitude, reaching the international advanced level. In the future, the dual-superplatform technology will be popularized and applied in a new generation of space missions such as high-resolution remote sensing, three-dimensional solar detection, and exoplanet discovery, promoting the leap-forward development of my country’s space technology.


“Imitate Xi and Yu Tianma, and aim to herd the stars in the sky.” Over the past year, the National Space Administration has organized the Aerospace Science and Technology Group, Nanjing University, Chinese Academy of Sciences and other mission-contracting units to successfully complete the on-orbit test and experiment of the “Xihe” spacecraft, and achieved major achievements in the “Xihe” sun exploration. It is a model project of cooperation between government, industry, academia, research and application. At present, the National Space Administration has organized relevant units to put forward a series of mission plans such as solar detection at the L5 point of the sun, solar polar orbit detection, and solar approach detection. Evolution contributes to the development of human scientific civilization….

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On Hainan Province –China –People’s Republic of China…. in the district area of the Wenchang – Wenchang Spacecraft launch center in which the awesome team at one of many CNSA –China National Space Administration  that China National Space Administration…………… On 24th July 2022

After Wentian experimental module entered orbit, the status setting was successfully completed. At 3:13 on July 25, 2022, Beijing time, it was successfully connected to the forward port of 天和 Tianhe Core Module. The entire rendezvous and docking process lasted about 13 hours. . This is the first time that two 20-ton spacecraft in my country- China- People’s Republic of China have achieved rendezvous and docking in orbit. …According to the mission plan, the Shenzhou 14 Takionaut crew will then enter the Wentian experimental module….. In which finally docked in early morning time of the 25th July 2022 in with CNSA –Beijing Aerospace City in which co-ordinated the docking maneuverers have achieved rendezvous and docking in orbit.…   in which the crew of the Shenzhou 14 staying for six months in construction of the stage one of the China Space station with the additional Mengtian experimental module in which will be delivered on the October 2022 Launch Schedule calendar..

On the week of 27th August 2022, the Takionaut Crew of Shenzhou 14 Crew have been working progressively smoothly on orbit of proceeding in an orderly manner: except for the high altitude in the core cabin scientific experiment cabinets such as microgravity experiment cabinets continue to carry out scientific experiments. In the sky capsule, astronauts “plant vegetables” in orbit and carry out life science experiments. In the airlock cabin, the space suits outside the cabin are neatly placed together….. In which the crew has been preparing for an upcoming EVA in which extravehicular spacesuit in the airlock cabin in preparation….

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CNSA –China National Space Administration  …………… After Wentian experimental module entered orbit, the status setting was successfully completed. At 3:13 on July 25, 2022, Beijing time, it was successfully connected to the forward port of 天和 Tianhe Core Module. The entire rendezvous and docking process lasted about 13 hours. . This is the first time that two 20-ton spacecraft in my country- China- People’s Republic of China have achieved rendezvous and docking in orbit. …According to the mission plan, the Shenzhou 14 Takionaut crew will then enter the Wentian experimental module….. In which finally docked in early morning time of the 25th July 2022 in with CNSA –Beijing Aerospace City in which co-ordinated the docking maneuverers have achieved rendezvous and docking in orbit.…   in which the crew of the Shenzhou 14 staying for six months in construction of the stage one of the China Space station with the additional Mengtian experimental module in which will be delivered on the October 2022 Launch Schedule calendar..

It’s the week of  24th August 2022, the first perspective of the robotic arm that everyone is looking forward to is here! The robotic arm has now completed the inspection of the space station, and has made sufficient preparations for the follow-up Wentian experimental cabin repositioning and combined arm testing. Use these three and a half minutes to immerse you in the blue and cloud seas from the perspective of the robotic arm… in which gives you an immersive view of the planet earth as inspects the Tiangong – China Space Station..

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On Hainan Province –China –People’s Republic of China…. in the district area of the Wenchang – Wenchang Spacecraft launch center in which the awesome team at one of many CNSA –China National Space Administration  that China National Space Administration…………… On 24th July 2022

After Wentian experimental module entered orbit, the status setting was successfully completed. At 3:13 on July 25, 2022, Beijing time, it was successfully connected to the forward port of 天和 Tianhe Core Module. The entire rendezvous and docking process lasted about 13 hours. . This is the first time that two 20-ton spacecraft in my country- China- People’s Republic of China have achieved rendezvous and docking in orbit. …According to the mission plan, the Shenzhou 14 Takionaut crew will then enter the Wentian experimental module….. In which finally docked in early morning time of the 25th July 2022 in with CNSA –Beijing Aerospace City in which co-ordinated the docking maneuverers have achieved rendezvous and docking in orbit.…   in which the crew of the Shenzhou 14 staying for six months in construction of the stage one of the China Space station with the additional Mengtian experimental module in which will be delivered on the October 2022 Launch Schedule calendar..

There are many experiments in the sky cabin, and space science is on a higher level…

​​​​On July 24, the high-profile Wentian experimental module was launched into space by the Long March 5B carrier rocket, and successfully rendezvoused with the space station Tianhe core module. It is understood that the Wentian experimental cabin carries 8 experimental cabinets, and its main tasks are life science and biotechnology research. What exactly are these scientific studies? Why work on the space station? Recently, a reporter from China Aerospace News visited relevant experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, who answered these questions.

Life Ecological Experiment Cabinet

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Biomedicine welcomes opportunities

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“The Wentian Experiment Module has planned and deployed more than 10 research themes in four fields, including space life science and biotechnology, microgravity fluid physics, space material science, and space application new technology experiments. Currently, more than 40 scientific projects have been established. The space station After completion, relevant scientific projects will be continuously demonstrated and implemented rollingly.” Lu Congmin, a researcher at the Space Application Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and deputy chief of the space application system for manned space engineering, introduced.

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​In order to ensure the smooth development of the above-mentioned scientific tasks and the continuous production of scientific achievements, the space application system has deployed biological ecological experimental cabinets, biotechnology experimental cabinets, scientific glove boxes and low-temperature storage cabinets, and variable gravity scientific experimental cabinets in the Wentian experimental cabin. The experimental facility is equipped with shared support equipment for application tasks inside and outside the cabin, and jointly supports the implementation of the entire mission chain of scientific projects in orbit.

Among them, the life ecology experiment cabinet uses various types of biological individuals (such as plant seeds, seedlings, plants, and small animals) as experimental samples to carry out spatial growth experiments of animals and plants such as Arabidopsis thaliana, nematodes, fruit flies, and zebrafish. Attempts to reveal the influence of microgravity on the growth, development and metabolism of individual organisms, promote human understanding of the nature of life phenomena, study the effects and mechanisms of space radiation biology and submagnetic biology, and explore the establishment of an applied controlled life ecosystem. Provide scientific basis for astronaut on-orbit radiation damage assessment and protection.

Biotechnology Experiment Cabinet

​Biotechnology experiment cabinet takes tissue, cells and biochemical molecules and other different levels and types of biological samples as research objects, and carries out experiments such as cell tissue culture, space protein crystallization and analysis, protein and nucleic acid co-origin, space biomechanics, etc., to explore microgravity The law and mechanism of cell growth and differentiation in the environment may provide a theoretical basis for human health, reproduction and development; explore the impact of gravity on the origin and evolution of life; strive for high-efficiency protein/peptide drugs, nanocrystalline bone biotechnology, etc. The breakthrough discovery is expected to play an important role in guiding the research and application of tissue engineering and biomedicine.

Scientific Glove Boxes and Cryogenic Storage Cabinets

The scientific glove box provides clean and confined space and environmental control of temperature and humidity. It is equipped with a dexterous robotic arm and has the ability to operate at the cell level. The glove box provides safe and efficient support for astronauts to operate multidisciplinary experimental samples. The low-temperature storage device has three typical low-temperature storage temperature zones (minus 80 degrees Celsius, minus 20 degrees Celsius, and 4 degrees Celsius), which can meet the low-temperature storage requirements of different experimental samples.

The variable gravity scientific experiment cabinet provides 0.01~2g high-precision simulated gravity environment for scientific experiments. It adopts advanced wireless energy transmission and carrier communication technology to support the development of complex fluid physics under different gravity levels such as microgravity, simulated lunar gravity, and simulated Mars gravity. , the movement of particulate matter and other scientific research.

Variable Gravity Science Experiment Cabinet Opened

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​Lv Congmin introduced that energy particle detectors and plasma in-situ imaging detectors are also deployed outside the Wentian experimental cabin to obtain data on environmental elements such as protons, electrons, neutrons, heavy ions and plasma in space, so as to protect the health of astronauts , to provide guarantee support for the safe operation of the space station, and can also be used for basic research on the space environment.

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Special environment hardware is available

The completed China Space Station, as a national space laboratory, will support long-term, multi-field, large-scale space science and application research. Zhang Wei, a researcher at the Space Application Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and director of the Application Development Center, summarized the advantages of the Chinese space station from four aspects.

​First, the Chinese space station can provide long-term microgravity, radiation and other special research environments. ​Zhang Wei said that on the earth, life and matter are affected by gravity, and some essential laws will be covered up, and under the condition of microgravity, scientists hope to discover the essential laws of these substances. Not only that, but there are some physical effects in microgravity. “The first is that buoyant convection is greatly reduced; the second is that precipitation and stratification have basically disappeared; the third is that the pressure gradient is greatly reduced.” Zhang Wei said.

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​Second, the Chinese space station has astronauts involved, which is convenient for experimental operations, experimental module replacement, and maintenance.

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​Third, the Chinese space station can carry out round-trip transportation between the sky and the earth, and can realize the replacement of experimental modules and the return of experimental samples. After carrying out scientific experiments on life and materials in orbit, it is necessary to bring the samples back to the ground for further research.

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​Fourth, at the specific orbital altitude of the Chinese space station, it is convenient to conduct astronomy, earth observation and space physics research. ​In this regard, Zhang Wei gave an example of astronomical observation: due to atmospheric absorption and interference, gamma rays, X-rays, ultraviolet rays, and infrared rays in the universe cannot be effectively observed on the ground. device into space.

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It is worth mentioning that after the construction of the Chinese space station is completed, it will operate in orbit for more than 10 years. In addition to the advanced scientific experimental cabinets that have been developed, the space station’s external exposure experimental devices and the future launch of the Sky Survey Optical Module will also bring opportunities for more scientific experiments. 

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At  1108 Hours Hong Kong Beijing Time  on a very Clear 4th August 2022 , China- People’s Republic of China- CNSA –China National Space Administration   Successfully launched  the New Next Generation Long March – Chang Zheng 2C carrier rocket at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center Shanxi Province ……the Chang Zheng-Long March 4B carrier rocket was ignited at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, and then successfully sent the terrestrial ecosystem carbon monitoring satellite and two small satellites into the predetermined orbit. The launch mission was a complete success.

China successfully launched the terrestrial ecosystem carbon monitoring satellite the world’s first active and passive joint observation remote sensing satellite for forest carbon sinks was successfully launched! China’s Chang Zheng Long March rocket has won a hundred consecutive victories

Since the successful maiden flight of the Long March 5B carrier rocket on May 5, 2020, the China Long March series of carrier rockets developed by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation have successfully performed 100 space launch missions in more than 800 days.
As the world’s first forest carbon sink, the successful launch of the active-passive combined observation remote sensing satellite terrestrial ecosystem carbon monitoring satellite marks that’s China – People’s Republic of China’s carbon sink monitoring has entered the era of remote sensing.


The terrestrial ecosystem carbon monitoring satellite was developed by the Fifth Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology Group. It detects the vegetation biomass of terrestrial ecosystems through a combination of active and passive measurement methods, and solves the problems of terrestrial ecosystem carbon monitoring, terrestrial ecology and resource survey and monitoring, and national major ecological projects monitoring and evaluation. It serves the national goal of “carbon peaking and carbon neutrality”, and provides business support and research services for forestry and grassland, ecological environment, surveying and mapping, meteorology, agriculture, and emergency disaster reduction.


The terrestrial ecosystem carbon monitoring satellite is equipped with four kinds of payloads, including multi-beam lidar, multi-angle multi-spectral camera, hyperspectral detector, and multi-angle polarization imager. The comprehensive remote sensing method of spectrum + multi-angle + hyperspectral + polarization” can obtain multi-element remote sensing information of forest carbon sinks, improve the accuracy of carbon sink inversion, and will significantly improve the quantitative level of my country’s land remote sensing.


The Long March 4B carrier rocket for this launch mission was developed by the Eighth Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology Group. It is a normal temperature liquid three-stage carrier rocket. It has the ability to launch various types of satellites with different orbit requirements. The multi-satellite launch, its sun-synchronous orbit carrying capacity can reach 2.5 tons. The rocket of this invention launched two small satellites by means of sidewall loading, namely the Hede-2G satellite and the Minhang Juvenile satellite.


In this mission, the Chang Zheng-Long March 4B Carrier rocket is equipped with a flight diagnostic control unit. This is the first flight verification of the power diagnosis and reconstruction platform in China. After the verification is fully mature, it will be promoted to engineering applications to improve the active recovery of the power system failure of the launch vehicle. ability to improve rocket flight reliability.

This launch is the 430th launch of the Long March series of launch vehicles.

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