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Chinese Hα Solar Explorer
Solar Explorer. Chinese Hα Solar Explorer was launched on October 14, 2021 aboard a Chang Zheng 2D from Taiyuan. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Mar 6, 2024).
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Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Tianyuan-1
- Common name
- Chinese Hα Solar Explorer
- Payload designation
- TY-1
- International designator
- 2021-091A
- NORAD catalog number
- 49315
- GCAT identifier
- S49315
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- NJUST
- Owner
- NJUST
- Country
- China
- Builder
- Nanjing University of Science and Technology
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 6U?
Launch
- Date
- October 14, 2021 · 10:51 UTC
- Launch record
- 2021-091Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 2D
- Spaceport
- Taiyuan · pad LC9
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 502 km
- Apogee
- 523 km
- Inclination
- 97.46°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- March 6, 2024
- Last known active
- December 2022
- End of operations
- February 2024
Size
- Mass
- 10 kg
- Dry mass
- 10 kg
- Length
- 0.3 m
- Diameter
- 0.20 m
- Span
- 0.3 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q108918724 (CC0).