The Solar Close Observations and Proximity Experiments (SCOPE) mission
image: Transfer orbits for the SCOPE mission, including those of the first DSM after launch, the 2:1 Earth GA, the Jupiter GA, electric pulsation, and science orbits.
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The Solar Close Observations and Proximity Experiments (SCOPE) mission will send a spacecraft into the solar atmosphere and follow an orbit with perihelion, aphelion, and inclination of 5 R⊙, 123 R⊙, and 64.9°, respectively.
SCOPE will use the Lin-Forbes model as the theoretical basis, and also refer to other solar eruption models. It is committed to solving the two major problems of the physical mechanisms of solar eruption and coronal heating. The mission will perform in situ measurements of the current sheet between coronal mass ejections and their associated solar flares, and energetic particles produced by either reconnection or fast-mode shocks driven by coronal mass ejections. To investigate coronal heating, the mission will observe nano-flares on scales smaller than 70 km in the solar corona and regions smaller than 40 km in the photosphere, where magnetohydrodynamic waves originate. To study solar wind acceleration mechanisms, the mission will also track the process of ion charge-state freezing in the solar wind. A key achievement will be the observation of the coronal magnetic field at unprecedented proximity to the solar photosphere. The polar regions will also be observed at close range, and the inner edge of the solar system dust disk may be identified for the first time.
The technical team's current task focuses on the key technologies of the three payloads (Particle detector, Electromagnetometer, and Multi-passband imager) and key spacecraft techniques, which include methods of thermal protection, dual power supply, self-management, and long-distance communication between the Earth and the spacecraft.
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The Solar Close Observations and Proximity Experiments (SCOPE) mission