29 August, 2011Beijing, China

Space science missions related to ILWS in China 2011-2020

Contents

• Main themes and questions need to be

answered

• ILWS missions in the next 5 years

• Missions planned till 2020

• Summary

• How did the planets in solar system originate and how do they evolve?

• How does solar activity transmit and evolve in interplanetary space ?

• How does solar activity affect earth space environment ?

•What is the nature of solar micro-phenomena?

•What is the nature of solar macro-phenomena?

What is the origin and evolvement of solar system, and its relationship with the sun?

What is the origin and evolvement of solar system, and its relationship with the sun?

• How do the various spheres of Earth interact and evolve?

• What will the earth system develop into the future?

• Can human beings live beyond the earth system?

Theme: What is the relationship between solar system and human beings?Theme: What is the relationship between solar system and human beings?

How does the earth system evolve?

How does the earth system evolve?

What is the nature of solar activity?

What is the nature of solar activity?

Questions to be answered under the themes

ILWS missions in the

next 5 years

ILWS missions in the

next 5 years

Sino-Russian Mars Exploration (YH-1)

An agreement has been reached between the Chinese and Russian

Space Agencies in March 2007 to piggy-back launch a Chinese micr

o-satellite “Ying Huo-1” (YH-1) together with Phobos-Grunt. Launch: 2011.11

YH-1

Total mass 115kg

Power supply

150W (average)

200W (instant )

Orbit

800×80000Km

3-axis stabilized, deployable solar panel

inclination < 20 °

Science objectives: To study in details the plasma

environment and magnetic fields of Martian space;

To study Martian ionosphere profile, particularly on the day and night sides;

To study the relation between sand storm and ionosphere;

To improve the Martian gravity field near equator plane.

Sino-Russian Mars Exploration (YH-1)

KUAFU

Scientific Objectives ： To observe the complete chain of disturbance from the solar atmosph

ere to the geo-space: Solar flares, CMEs, Interplanetary clouds, shock waves, Their geo-effectiveness, such as sub-storms and magnetic storm

s, aurora activities

KUAFU-A Payloads

InstrumentMass (kg)

Power (w)

Data Rate (bps)

EUV/FUV Disk Imager 25 20 100k

Coronal Dynamics Imager 35 35 50k

Radio Burst Instrument 12 10 4k

Solar Wind Instrument Package 6 6 4k

Solar Energetic Particle Sensor 8 10 1k

X-ray/γ-ray Detector 3 5 1k

Total 89 86 160

Missions planned till 2020 Missions planned till 2020

China’s roadmap for space science to 2020

2011-2015 2016-2020

2010 2015 2020

Space Astronomy

Solar

Physics

Dark Matter Detection

Space Physics

Solar System

Exploration

Micro-gravity Science /

Space Life Science

Earth Observation

HXMT

Dark Matter Particle Detection Satellite

KUAFU

Lunar Exploration（ landing ）

YH-1

Experiments on SJ-10, QUESS, and manned

space

XTP

Solar Microscope Detection

Dark Matter Detection(onboard space

station)

MITSPORT

Lunar Exploration（ Sample return ）

Mars Exploration （ orbiting ）

Near Space Atmosphere

Research Satellite

Make use of foreign satellite data

Balloon Sounding in

Antarctica

DSP

Lunar Exploration（ orbiting）

Experiments on recoverable satellite,

micro-gravity drop tower, and manned space

Make use of foreign satellite data

Earth observation & application satellite data

Experiments on space station

Scientific Objectives ： To understand the origin, acceleration and transport of ionospheric ion

s into the magnetosphere; To investigate the importance of the outflows from the ionosphere/ther

mosphere on the geomagnetic substorm/storm dynamics; To examine global multi-scale variations during geomagnetic storms; To reveal the key mechanisms of coupling among the magnetosphere –

ionosphere – thermosphere coupling system.

Magnetosphere － Ionosphere － ThermosphereCoupling Exploration (MIT)

Mission Mission ConfigurationConfiguration

Description

LEO1/2 circle orbit / 700 km

MEO circle orbit / 6660 km

HEO circle orbit / 14318 km

One Configuration : T1:T2:T3 = 1: 2.5: 5

Solar Polar Orbit Radio Telescope (SPORT)

Science Objectives: SPORT will be the first mission to image the propagation of CME continuously off the ecliptic plane. Specific science objectives are the followings

To characterize the propagation and evolution of CME events;

To establish the chain physical model and prediction model of interplanetary space and geospace weather in response to CME and its interplanetary disturbance response;

To derive the physical parameters of plasmas inside the CME;

To detect in-situ the distribution of solar wind in the interplanetary space and develop a model of the magnetic topology, temperature, density, and velocity structure of the solar wind;

To understand the interaction process of magnetic field and plasmas;

To detect solar short-time radio bursts and establish the chain change physical model.

Orbit realization a Ulysses type solar polar orbit

Inclination 89.96 °

perihelion 0.52AU

aphelion 5.4AU

SummarySummary

• China is paying more attention to space science.

• Sun Earth relation is an important area for space science

• YH-1 and KUAFU are current missions under development and prepare to kick off for engineering phase

• MIT and SPORT are selected for background study now and aiming to be launched during 2016-2020

Thank You!