Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory

{{Short description|Chinese satellite launched in 2022}}

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| mission_type = Heliophysics

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| website = http://aso-s.pmo.ac.cn/en_index.jsp

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| launch_mass = {{cvt|888|kg}}{{Cite journal| doi = 10.1088/1674-4527/19/11/156| issn = 1674-4527| volume = 19| issue = 11| pages = 156| last1 = Gan| first1 = Wei-Qun| last2 = Zhu| first2 = Cheng| last3 = Deng| first3 = Yuan-Yong| last4 = Li| first4 = Hui| last5 = Su| first5 = Yang| last6 = Zhang| first6 = Hai-Ying| last7 = Chen| first7 = Bo| last8 = Zhang| first8 = Zhe| last9 = Wu| first9 = Jian| last10 = Deng| first10 = Lei| last11 = Huang| first11 = Yu| last12 = Yang| first12 = Jian-Feng| last13 = Cui| first13 = Ji-Jun| last14 = Chang| first14 = Jin| last15 = Wang| first15 = Chi| last16 = Wu| first16 = Ji| last17 = Yin| first17 = Zeng-Shan| last18 = Chen| first18 = Wen| last19 = Fang| first19 = Cheng| last20 = Yan| first20 = Yi-Hua| last21 = Lin| first21 = Jun| last22 = Xiong| first22 = Wei-Ming| last23 = Chen| first23 = Bin| last24 = Bao| first24 = Hai-Chao| last25 = Cao| first25 = Cai-Xia| last26 = Bai| first26 = Yan-Ping| last27 = Wang| first27 = Tao| last28 = Chen| first28 = Bing-Long| last29 = Li| first29 = Xin-Yu| last30 = Zhang| first30 = Ye| last31 = Feng| first31 = Li| last32 = Su| first32 = Jiang-Tao| last33 = Li| first33 = Ying| last34 = Chen| first34 = Wei| last35 = Li| first35 = You-Ping| last36 = Su| first36 = Ying-Na| last37 = Wu| first37 = Hai-Yan| last38 = Gu| first38 = Mei| last39 = Huang| first39 = Lei| last40 = Tang| first40 = Xue-Jun| title = Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S): an overview| journal = Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics| access-date = 2023-11-21| date = 2019-11-01| url = https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1674-4527/19/11/156| doi-access = free}}

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| launch_date = 8 October 2022

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| launch_site = Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center

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The Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory, also known as ASO-S,{{cite web |title=Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S) |url=http://aso-s.pmo.ac.cn/en_index.jsp |website=aso-s.pmo.ac.cn |publisher=Purple Mountain Observatory |access-date=21 November 2023}} is a satellite mission aimed at improving observations of solar activity. The satellite was launched using the CZ-2D rocket at 07:43:55 local time on October 9, 2022 (8 October 2022 at 23:43 UTC).{{Cite journal| doi = 10.1007/s11207-023-02166-x| issn = 1573-093X| volume = 298| issue = 5| pages = 68| last1 = Gan| first1 = Weiqun| last2 = Zhu| first2 = Cheng| last3 = Deng| first3 = Yuanyong| last4 = Zhang| first4 = Zhe| last5 = Chen| first5 = Bo| last6 = Huang| first6 = Yu| last7 = Deng| first7 = Lei| last8 = Wu| first8 = Haiyan| last9 = Zhang| first9 = Haiying| last10 = Li| first10 = Hui| last11 = Su| first11 = Yang| last12 = Su| first12 = Jiangtao| last13 = Feng| first13 = Li| last14 = Wu| first14 = Jian| last15 = Cui| first15 = Jijun| last16 = Wang| first16 = Chi| last17 = Chang| first17 = Jin| last18 = Yin| first18 = Zengshan| last19 = Xiong| first19 = Weiming| last20 = Chen| first20 = Bin| last21 = Yang| first21 = Jianfeng| last22 = Li| first22 = Fu| last23 = Lin| first23 = Jiaben| last24 = Hou| first24 = Junfeng| last25 = Bai| first25 = Xianyong| last26 = Chen| first26 = Dengyi| last27 = Zhang| first27 = Yan| last28 = Hu| first28 = Yiming| last29 = Liang| first29 = Yaoming| last30 = Wang| first30 = Jianping| last31 = Song| first31 = Kefei| last32 = Guo| first32 = Quanfeng| last33 = He| first33 = Lingping| last34 = Zhang| first34 = Guang| last35 = Wang| first35 = Peng| last36 = Bao| first36 = Haicao| last37 = Cao| first37 = Caixia| last38 = Bai| first38 = Yanping| last39 = Chen| first39 = Binglong| last40 = He| first40 = Tao| last41 = Li| first41 = Xinyu| last42 = Zhang| first42 = Ye| last43 = Liao| first43 = Xing| last44 = Jiang| first44 = Hu| last45 = Li| first45 = Youping| last46 = Su| first46 = Yingna| last47 = Lei| first47 = Shijun| last48 = Chen| first48 = Wei| last49 = Li| first49 = Ying| last50 = Zhao| first50 = Jie| last51 = Li| first51 = Jingwei| last52 = Ge| first52 = Yunyi| last53 = Zou| first53 = Ziming| last54 = Hu| first54 = Tai| last55 = Su| first55 = Miao| last56 = Ji| first56 = Haidong| last57 = Gu| first57 = Mei| last58 = Zheng| first58 = Yonghuang| last59 = Xu| first59 = Dezhen| last60 = Wang| first60 = Xing| title = The Advanced Space-Based Solar Observatory (ASO-S)| journal = Solar Physics| access-date = 2023-11-21| date = 2023-05-24| url = https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-023-02166-x}} The satellite is a part of the Kuafu project, and is also unofficially known as Kuafu-1 (夸父一号).

ASO-S was first proposed by the Chinese solar physics community in 2010 or 2011, and was formally approved by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2017. The mission is aimed at studying the Solar Magnetic Field, Coronal Mass Ejections and Solar flares.

The Chief Scientist is Weiqun Gan of the Purple Mountain Observatory, while the chief designer and the chief administrator are both associated with the {{ill|National Space Science Center|lt=|zh|中国科学院国家空间科学中心}}, which is part of the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.