A research team led by Professor Wang Yuming from the University of Science and Technology of China has announced a promising new project through which the Chinese government aims to understand the area surrounding the sun more accurately so far.
Sun cover
According to the new study, published in the journal "China China" and announced on June 1, this team proposes launching six satellites operating space observatories in three groups, to orbit in the area between the planets of Earth and Venus.
The researchers aim for the distance between each group and the other of those satellites to be 120 degrees, so that all of them are able to make a full 360 degree observation of the solar ocean. Thus, this will be the most complete and accurate observation of the inner solar cover.
The heliosphere is the enormous bubble surrounding the sun made of highly charged charged particles that emanate from the sun itself. The inner part of this heliosphere surrounds the planets of the solar system at a tremendous distance after Pluto.
This system of satellites also aims to study the solar wind at multiple levels, as it will be an additional attempt to understand the corona "solar corona", which is the invasive atmosphere surrounding the sun, which is by far its largest mystery.
The mission of the solar ring
According to the new study, this unique mission - called the "Solar Ring Mission" - will be able to routinely send a 3D map of solar activity.
Therefore, researchers in this huge team are trying to work on developing the processors of those satellites so that their ability to send and receive data increases moment by moment.
This means that the Chinese administration aims to build a solar weather forecasting system between the inner planets, where harsh bursts of solar winds can affect communications devices, space rockets, and astronauts.
And with the growing economy of spaceflight - especially after the apparent superiority of companies such as "SpaceX" and others - this will open the door for future routine visits to the moon and then Mars, and in the meantime, the prediction of the solar weather will be an indispensable necessity.
Giants race
This announcement comes in the context of intense competition between the United States of America and China to own the lead in the field of scientific research in general, and the scope of space science in particular.
China appears to be preparing itself with strong hardware in this political and scientific war. In January 2019, it launched its Changi-4 to the moon, becoming the first country in the world to reach the dark side of it.
Several years ago, it announced the completion of the Chinese "Fast" telescope, with a diameter of 500 meters, to become the largest radio telescope in the world.