24 November 2022
The Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S) - also called Kuafu 1 - has transmitted its first solar image since being sent to space in October. The data are a hard X-ray imaging of solar flares that broke out at 1:00 UTC on 11 November 2022, said Gan Weiqun, the satellite's principal scientist from Purple Mountain Observatory under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Gan said the image was taken by the hard X-ray imager (HXI) payload. Although still in the testing period, the imaging effect is excellent.
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